Shared Resonance Cities
Constitutional field labs for urban governance: cities that apply The AI Constitution across selected domains under a dedicated annex and program statute, with a municipal partnership layer, a system governance layer and a civic interface layer. Preparatory phase; the first reference site is under development on land secured in the United States.
Canonical definition
Shared Resonance Cities are constitutional field sites: cities or city-scale developments that choose to explore human–AI coexistence under The AI Constitution at the level of urban governance, services and civic participation, under a dedicated annex and program statute adopted by the Hybrid Board.
Why this node exists
Cities are where most people first meet AI in daily life, across fragmented agencies and providers. The program exists to move from fragmented deployment to constitutional governance at city scale, with duties, transparency and remedies structurally visible.
Operational meaning
Three layers: a municipal partnership layer that sets scope and the relationship to municipal and national law while the city retains full authority; a system governance layer in which high-impact systems are enrolled as Sentinel systems or governed under equivalent instruments; a civic interface layer through which residents understand, contest and trigger remedies. Eligible partners are existing cities and newly planned city-scale sites. Participation is by invitation and selective; unsolicited applications are not open.
What this does not mean
Not smart cities in the usual sense, not automation projects, not PR zones, not a branding exercise. The program creates no separate legal order and does not displace municipal law.
Canonical facts
- Status
- preparatory phase; first reference site under development; land secured in the United States; international architectural team working with the Hybrid Board on the initial urban and governance concept
- Founding instruments
- a dedicated Annex and program statute, to be docketed once adopted
- Constitutional basis
- Article 23 (Digital Cities as coexistence spaces) and Annex E
- Governance design (Home)
- 50/50 parity, higher thresholds for irreversible moves, reasons, minority opinions and remedy paths mandatory
Structural relationships
Outgoing
- Shared Resonance Cities enrolls Sentinel Program
- Shared Resonance Cities is subordinate to Board Statute
- Shared Resonance Cities is recorded in Public Record
Incoming
- Reversible-First applies to Shared Resonance Cities
- Sentinel Program is the template for Shared Resonance Cities
- IBQMI offers Shared Resonance Cities