Comment by Simon Chesterman

Others, including a surprising fraction of those developing AI systems themselves, warn of darker, dystopian futures in which AI turns on humanity, either through misalignment of objectives or the emergence of a superintelligence that regards its creators in the way that we might regard lesser creatures such as dogs — or ants. Everyone loses. Yet, the most important divide may not be East-West or North-South but public-private. AI is shifting economic and, increasingly, political power away from governments. These “silicon sovereigns” set rules, adjudicate disputes, police speech, shape labor markets and elections — functions once associated primarily with states.