Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI

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  The Elders

  Independent group of global leaders

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  A new global architecture is needed [...] International Atomic Energy Agency. [...] via the UN General Assembly, [...] establishing a new international AI safety agency.

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  Ursula von der Leyen

  President of the European Commission

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  First of all, let’s not forget that A.I. is a tremendous opportunity — if used responsibly. But responsibility at the frontier cannot be left to chance or to any single company or country. Just as the world built institutions to govern nuclear power ...

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  Gary Marcus

  Professor of Psychology and Neural Science

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  I think the UN, UNESCO, places like that have been thinking about this for a long time, [...]

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  OpenAI

  AI research organization

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  Second, we are likely to eventually need something like an IAEA for superintelligence efforts; any effort above a certain capability (or resources like compute) threshold will need to be subject to an international authority that can inspect systems,...

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  Michael Kratsios

  U.S. OSTP Director

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  We totally reject global governance of AI. We believe AI adoption cannot lead to a brighter future if it is subject to bureaucracies and centralized control. Prioritizing AI for your people does not mean joining international efforts that are either ...

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  Andrew Ng

  Baidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brain

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  However, it is important to differentiate regulating applications (which we need) vs. regulating the technology (which is ill-advised).

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  Yann LeCun

  Computer scientist, AI researcher

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  The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does.

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  Ian Bremmer

  Geopolitics expert; Eurasia Group founder

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  votes Against and says:

  That’s a critical, critical aspect of fighting climate change. And with A.I., so much more urgent and fast- moving, you will need an organization like that, a multistakeholder. But another thing we’re calling for is a techno credential approach, like...

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  Dmitry Polyanskiy

  Russia's Deputy U.N. Ambassador

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  We oppose the formation of supra-national oversight bodies in the field of AI.

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  Lauren Lovelace

  U.S. Mission counselor at the United Nations

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  votes Against and says:

  a significant overreach of the U.N.'s mandate and competence [...] AI governance is not a matter for the U.N. to dictate. [...] We will not cede authority over AI to international bodies that may be influenced by authoritarian regimes seeking to impo...

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  Akash Wasil

  Lawfare contributing writer

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  Many have turned to the International Atomic Energy Agency as a model for international A.I. institutions. But an ‘IAEA for A.I.’ is not a panacea. The IAEA works in a context with material stockpiles, treaty hooks, and decades of consensus about the...

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  Rishi Sunak

  Former UK prime minister

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  As I said, AI does not respect national borders, and I think we will all benefit from hearing and talking to each other in a conversation with the businesses themselves. That is really what this is about. We are a long way from anyone establishing an...

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