We Have Never Seen This Level of Economic and Political Power | Michael Casey

On decentralised AI, data ownership, and whether the power of many is actually enough. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Michael Casey covers data DAOs, autonomous privacy-preserving agents acting on your behalf, and his own doubt about whether collective effort can counterbalance the concentration now in play. He points to where governments are rethinking the citizen relationship. KEY FINDINGS • Data DAOs as a mechanism for owning your own data • Autonomous privacy-preserving agents trading on your behalf • Engineering and capital challenges addressed through numbers • Honest doubt about whether that is enough against current concentration • An unprecedented level of combined economic and political power • Trusting an agent to shop, trade and check your health • Governments restructuring the citizen data relationship, including the UAE NOTABLE QUOTES "We've never seen this level of economic and political power." — Michael Casey GUEST Michael Casey, Decentralised AI FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/michael-casey-decentralised-ai Recorded at Consensus 2025 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI & FINANCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview mor