Proposed 29th Amendment

Algorithmic Protection

Your mind and your choices should belong to you, not to hidden AI systems.

Proposed 29th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Preamble

Whereas the rapid advancement of algorithmic systems poses new threats to individual liberty, freedom of thought, and human agency; and recognizing that no person should be subject to secret profiling, prediction, or control without consent; we the people ordain and establish the following:

Section 1

No government, corporation, or other entity shall engage in the unauthorized collection, analysis, or use of personal data to create predictive profiles, behavioral models, or automated decisions that materially affect an individual's rights, opportunities, or freedoms without the individual's explicit, informed, and revocable consent.

Section 2

The people shall have the right to be free from secret algorithmic surveillance, scoring, or manipulation. Congress shall make no law authorizing the use of such systems in ways that bypass individual consent or circumvent constitutional protections.

Section 3

Nothing in this Amendment shall prohibit legitimate, consensual, or narrowly tailored uses of algorithms for medical diagnosis, scientific research, or other beneficial purposes where the individual has given explicit consent and retains meaningful control. This Amendment shall be interpreted liberally in favor of individual sovereignty and human agency.

Section 4 — Transitional Implementation

To ensure the effective and uncaptured implementation of this Amendment during its formative period, Congress shall provide for a limited transitional stewardship mechanism of not less than six years, designed to establish operational safeguards and prevent institutional capture, after which full governance shall vest in structures serving the public interest and preserving the Amendment's original intent.

Plain Language

In Plain Language

Your mind and your choices should belong to you, not to hidden AI systems.

Prohibits unauthorized collection and use of your personal data to create predictive profiles or automated decisions that affect your life.
Gives you the right to be free from secret algorithmic surveillance and manipulation.
Allows beneficial, consensual uses of AI (for example, with your explicit permission in medical care or research).

What it does NOT do

It does not ban helpful AI or medical technology.
It does not prevent legitimate research when you give consent.
It does not create new government bureaucracy.

Core Principle

“Protect Freedom of Thought and Human Agency.”

Your data. Your choices. Your future.

Why It Matters

Risks of Inaction

Loss of human agency — algorithms will increasingly make high-stakes decisions about jobs, credit, insurance, education, and opportunities without transparency or consent.
Mass behavioral manipulation — corporations and governments will refine systems to predict and influence behavior at scale.
Erosion of due process — people will be presumed guilty or risky based on data patterns rather than actions.
Foreign exploitation — adversarial nations will continue harvesting American behavioral data with little resistance.
Permanent power imbalance — a small number of entities will control the "operating system" for human decision-making.

Without the 29th Amendment, technology will increasingly own us, instead of us owning our technology.

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