Toward AI Détente: Curbing the Unregulated Global Race
A Hoover Institution working paper argues that AI is racing ahead in two largely unregulated fronts—the private sector and the US–China geopolitical rivalry—leaving no binding arms-control framework. With little regulatory progress from the U.S. government and no sign of international AI arms deals, the piece warns of unemployment and other unintended consequences from unrestrained competition and urges a rapid détente to curb breakneck AI development and curb harmful corporate behavior by leading firms.