Joe Rogero

Great work. I'd be glad to get your take(s) on this attempt at a layman's summary of Plan A, details very heavily elided. Corrections welcome.

Any training runs above the Monitored Threshold in a signatory’s jurisdiction require a report to the CTB including code, data, and estimated FLOP.

If anyone, anywhere builds a superhuman artificial intelligence using present methods, the most likely outcome is catastrophe.

International governance thus requires some way to track these high-end chips. [...] Chips can be designed or modified to remotely confirm their location. [...] Regulators can require chip manufacturers to install such mechanisms.

If states are able to pull together and commit to an international agreement, it seems possible to set up a verification regime and avert global catastrophe.