A workshop series on taking back control of your digital life — before someone else designs it for you.
See the workshop materials →Most of us use AI tools that are designed around someone else's priorities — the company's data collection, the advertiser's targeting, the platform's lock-in. Sovereignty by Design is a workshop series about building your own AI setup: one where you own the data, control the access, and understand what's actually happening under the hood.
No prior technical experience required. Just curiosity and a willingness to try.
What happens to your data when you use commercial AI tools. Why the architecture of the tool is a values decision.
How to run a personal AI that works for you, not for an advertiser. The difference between using a tool and owning one.
Concrete first steps. What to install, what to read, what to try this week. The GitHub repo has everything.
All workshop materials, guides, and recommended tools live in the Sovereignty by Design GitHub repository. Free to use, fork, and share. If you attended a workshop, this is your home base for next steps.
Open the repo on GitHub →Scott Jorgensen runs Sovereignty by Design workshops at public libraries. He's spent the last several years building AI infrastructure that he actually controls — a personal AI agent running on open protocols, with encrypted storage, sovereign keys, and no dependency on any single company. The workshops share what he's learned, in plain language, for anyone who wants to understand what's possible.
Workshops are free and open to the public, hosted at libraries. To find out about upcoming dates, reach out directly.