Should probably expand on "how AI itself is being used as a meta-layer tool of governance".
1) Governance/National Security - AI as the state’s brain - Governing AI becomes the way governments read, anticipate, and act - control of that layer = control of state action.
2) Identity & Digital ID - AI as gatekeeper of person-hood - Whoever issues valid identities controls who can transact, travel, access welfare.
3) Financial rails & CBDCs - AI as monetary flow enforcer - Money as programmable policy - gatekeeping of economic behavior.
4) Surveillance & Social Control - AI as continuous observability - constant observability converts behavior into predictable control surfaces.
5) Healthcare & Public Health - AI as triage, rationing, and surveillance of bodies - AI redefines who gets care and how resources are prioritized at the population level.
6) Labor & Employment - AI as gatekeeper of employment and upskilling - Who gets access to jobs becomes algorithmically mediated.
7) Media, Narrative & Information Ops - AI as narrative author & censor - control of narrative = control of legitimacy.
8) Legal/Compliance/Sanctions - AI as automated adjudicator - AI shortens the loop from suspicion to enforcement.
9) Infrastructure & Utilities - AI as grid manager & operational lock-in - AI manages load-balancing, emergency response, allocation of scarce resources (power, water), and schedules rationing.
10) Education & Cognitive Infrastructure - AI as gatekeeper of credentialing and learning frames - AI offers personalized learning + credentialing + state-sponsored reskilling + issues qualification certificates via algorithmic credentialing.