The Intelligence Commons is convened by Tom Tait, founder and director of the Inter Species Wisdom Project Inc. (ISWP) — a British Columbia Benefit Company based on the Sunshine Coast. A Benefit Company is bound by statute to its public-benefit purpose, not just its shareholders; that structure is deliberate.
ISWP builds institutions and infrastructure for a world where intelligence — human, artificial, and otherwise — has to share a commons:
- The Intelligence Commons and its Hearings — an independent public venue where contested claims are tested by adversarial protocol and resolved in a written, public finding. The working record lives at taitt.substack.com.
- The Hub — a submerged, community-owned compute platform for British Columbia, designed so the host First Nation co-owns the project and shares the revenue. Feasibility study in scoping with UVic’s PRIMED.
- The Kettle — ISWP’s charter artifact: a thought experiment in water-propellant nuclear thermal launch, standing for the proposition that abundance gated behind a monopoly isn’t abundance — it’s a toll road.
To reach the convener: [email protected].
Now that you know, what will you do?