AI Pledge for Humanity
Compiled Truth
The AI Pledge for Humanity is a public commitment campaign launched by scott-santens on April 27, 2026. It asks individuals — particularly those with AI-related earnings or wealth — to pledge a percentage of their income or wealth into UBI pilots, unconditional cash programs, and advocacy work to make a shared AI dividend real. The pledge has two tiers: one for people with resources to commit financially, and a general solidarity tier. Built on Action Network at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity. UBI Works is moving towards using this platform for petitions. [Source: Scott Santens Substack, https://scottsantens.substack.com/p/i-just-launched-the-ai-pledge-for, 2026-04-27; Action Network, https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity]
Key Facts
- Launched April 27, 2026 by Scott Santens (UBI researcher/educator, 32K+ followers)
- Two-tier pledge: financial commitment tier + solidarity tier
- Core ask: invest AI-related earnings into UBI pilots, unconditional cash, and advocacy
- Platform: Action Network
- Website: https://aipledgeforhumanity.org/
- Petition URL: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-ai-pledge-for-humanity
- Key quote: “To champion Universal Basic Income—permanent, regular, unconditional payments to all—as the rightful dividend from our shared technological inheritance” [Source: aipledgeforhumanity.org, 2026-06-25]
- Scott Santens on AI leaders: “AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. This pledge asks them to prove it.” [Source: BIEN, https://basicincome.org/news/2026/04/i-just-launched-the-ai-pledge-for-humanity-heres-why/, 2026-04-28]
Relevance to Hugh’s Brain
- Scott Santens promoted the pledge during the Ottawa meetup week (June 24, 2026), commenting on UBI Works posts: “They all should sign the AI Pledge for Humanity”
- UBI Works team is moving towards Action Network for petitions — this pledge is a model
- Directly connects AI Dividends concept to UBI advocacy
See Also
- scott-santens — pledge creator and promoter
- AI-Dividends — core concept the pledge supports
- ai-sovereign-wealth-fund — related AI dividend mechanism
- universal-basic-income — the policy the pledge champions
- action-network-migration — UBI Works moving to Action Network
- ubi-works — team moving towards Action Network for petitions
- ai-pledge-for-humanity — this page
Timeline
- 2026-04-27 | Scott Santens launched the AI Pledge for Humanity. Published launch essay on Substack: “I Just Launched the AI Pledge for Humanity. Here’s Why.” Covered by BIEN. [Source: scottsantens.substack.com, 2026-04-27; basicincome.org, 2026-04-28]
- 2026-06-24 | Scott Santens commented on UBI Works Bluesky post: “They all should sign the AI Pledge for Humanity. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th…” — promoting the pledge during Ottawa meetup week (31,304 followers). [Source: Hugh social scan session dc412b47, 2026-06-24]