The Third Space: A Vision for Democratically Invested AI as Living Collective Memory

The proposed “third space” includes:

• community-owned infrastructure;
• local retrieval-based memory;
• democratic content and access governance;
• student civic participation;
• teacher pedagogical stewardship;
• community trust and privacy boundaries;
• character/liturgical constitution;
• lifelong and alumni continuity;
• federated local nodes;
• shared responsibility for failures and maintenance.