Standards, Incentives, and Evidence: The Frontier AI Governance Triad

There are many ways in which you can take the vague question of “how is this AI governance stuff going?”, break it down into bite-sized chunks, and measure society’s progress. I’ve discussed this topic a bit before, and while my thinking is still evolving, I want to share bits and pieces of my views as they come into focus. One framework I find helpful can be summarized as: “governing frontier AI requires standards for safety and security, incentives for the leading AI developers to follow those standards, and evidence that the standards are being followed.” With this triad, frontier AI companies will have a clear sense of what counts as “safe and secure enough,” they will be incentivized to meet those standards, and other parties (including competitors, governments, the general public, etc.) will be reassured that they are actually following the standards. Thanks for reading Miles’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This triad is not exhaustive. We

There are many ways in which you can take the vague question of “how is this AI governance stuff going?”, break it down into bite-sized chunks, and measure society’s progress. I’ve discussed this topic a bit before, and while my thinking is still evolving, I want to share bits and pieces of my views as they come into focus. One framework I find helpful can be summarized as: “governing frontier AI requires standards for safety and security, incentives for the leading AI developers to follow those standards, and evidence that the standards are being followed.” With this triad, frontier AI compan