Letter and commitments

To candidates and elected representatives,

Artificial intelligence demands decisions that cannot wait for the next crisis. Brazil needs to protect its services, prepare workers for the changes, and take part in the negotiations that will define who gets access to the most advanced systems.

The Brasil 2030 scenario shows a trajectory we want to avoid. Its events are not predictions. The letter does not require agreement with every episode or date: it asks for commitment to the actions below.

1. Support a verifiable slowdown

Support reciprocal limits on the development and deployment of systems with dangerous capabilities. Advocate for independent evaluations, communication of serious incidents, and clear conditions for suspending activities that exceed agreed limits.

2. Work toward an agreement between the United States and China

Use Brazilian diplomacy to keep negotiation channels open, bring safety criteria closer together, and include countries that would otherwise be left out of the decisions. The agreement should reduce risks without making access to computing a revocable concession from the two powers.

3. Prepare Brazil’s services and workers

Map dependencies on foreign suppliers and test continuity plans in hospitals, power grids, and public agencies. Fund independent evaluation and defense capacity, with external oversight, data protection, and review of emergency powers. Track the loss of entry-level jobs and assess training and transition programs by the employment they can actually generate.

4. Turn energy into capacity available in Brazil

Facilitate investment in transmission, data centers, and inference services. Tie incentives to capacity that Brazilian companies, researchers, and agencies can actually contract, with verifiable quality, price, and availability. Preserve competition among suppliers and avoid local-content requirements that block needed equipment.

Projects should report water consumption and sourcing, local impacts, emissions, and who pays for grid upgrades. Affected communities need to take part in the decisions. Public benefits should carry deadlines, accountability, and proportional recovery when commitments are not met.

How to track the commitments

We ask each campaign to name the responsible agencies, the first deadlines, and how it will report back. In government, publishing identified dependencies without exposing vulnerabilities, the results of continuity exercises, capacity available for contracting in Brazil, and the cost of incentives will make it possible to assess what was delivered.

Signing this letter does not represent an endorsement of any candidacy, party, or supplier. Reviewing the research does not imply signing the letter. Individual support also does not represent the position of any institution.

Brasil 2030