The Option Space
Edward Kembery, B.A. BacigalAI, Geopolitics, and International Coordination
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An Introduction to AI Verification
Introduction
Checking the accuracy of claims about the capabilities, safety properties, inputs and uses of artificial intelligence (AI) systems plays a key role in allowing actors to check that systems are being developed and deployed re...
Could If-Then Commitments Help the US and China Agree on Measures for Mitigating AI Risks?
Summary
This post argues that if-then commitments—rules which map capability or risk levels to decisions about how to develop, deploy, secure or control AI systems—might help the US and China to reach an agreement on appropriate measures...
The Treaty on Open Skies: Potential Lessons for International AI Agreements
“Potentially the most important measure to build confidence ever undertaken”.
— U.S. Secretary of State, James A. Baker, on the Open Skies Treaty.1
Summary
The Treaty on Open Skies (1992, entered force 2002) allowed 25 signatory state...
Lessons from Source Code Inspection Facilities for AI Verification
Summary
For well over a decade, a secure facility jointly operated by Huawei and British intelligence services has given the UK government unparalleled access to Huawei source code and telecom hardware for cyber security testing. The Hua...
When Have Warning Shots Led to International Agreements?
Summary
If a rogue AI system shut down electrical grids across multiple countries for a week before being contained, would it be enough to demonstrate the potential for catastrophic risk? Could it lead to coordination between countries t...
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Research Fellow at Safe AI Forum working on international agreements. Previously consultant at ARIA, GovAI winter fellow & AI MPhil at the University of Cambridge
B.A. Bacigal is currently at the Safe AI Forum designing workshops and supporting on AI safety & governance research.
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