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# The RICE Mission

**Our mission is to ensure that all of humanity has the right to shape the future of AGI Robots rather than leaving it in the hands of a few large tech companies.**

AI advancements have rapidly accelerated, with a few major corporations dominating the landscape. This concentration of power threatens to limit our collective influence over its direction.

AI is both a powerful tool and a potential threat. It is crucial that no single entity controls its future and that everyone has a voice in guiding its development.