Why an AI arms treaty needs a verification story before signatures
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-13
Commenting on Bernie Sanders' proposal that the US and China sign an AI deal like Reagan and Gorbachev's nuclear treaty, the author argues arms control worked because each side could count the other's warheads — but nobody can count AI training runs. An AI treaty needs a verification story before it needs two signatures.
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