Review of International Political Economy

The second transnational pathway to cooperation is through an international industry association dedicated to safety.

My latest review of international political economy traced how groups like the International Air Transport Association and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have helped China raise its safety standards in other high-risk technological domains.

As a matter of fact, Dario's post also recognizes this as an important case, there is precedent for operating technologically complex, safety-critical systems millions of times without anything going wrong, for example, commercial airplanes, but it takes time to get it right.

In sum, Dario and Sam are right that global governance of frontier AI will be a difficult challenge, but we can build on historical templates that are less dramatic but more meaningful than some Xi-Trump grand bargain.