AI cooperation is hard because it's a general-purpose technology: think standards, not arms control
mchorowitz · x · 2026-09-16
mchorowitz argues international AI cooperation will be incredibly hard even with goodwill, because AI is a general-purpose technology whose economic gains create strong incentives for development and use. The realistic path is standard-setting coordination, not arms-control-style restrictions.
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