# AI Literacy Lowers the Price of Government Honesty by Bryant McGill > “Every citizen who learns the artificial intelligence instead of fearing it lowers the price of honesty for an entire government.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]], “XIII. Full Steam Ahead, and Dangerous” (September 29, 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “Every citizen who learns the artificial intelligence instead of fearing it lowers the price of honesty for an entire government.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered extraction surface without alteration; bold emphasis and source-only wikilink syntax are not part of the poster text. - **Context:** The sentence defines individual technical learning as a contribution to the truthfulness available to an entire government. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Citizen AI Literacy|Citizen AI Literacy]] - [[wiki/Public Epistemic Capacity|Public Epistemic Capacity]] - [[wiki/Democratic AI Sovereignty|Democratic AI Sovereignty]] - [[wiki/Two-Channel AI Governance|Two-Channel AI Governance]] - [[wiki/AI Risk Communication|AI Risk Communication]] - [[wiki/Media Literacy|Media Literacy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every citizen who learns the artificial intelligence instead of fearing it lowers the price of honesty for an entire government.” — Bryant McGill, The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-ai-literacy-lowers-the-price-of-government-honesty ```