A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Governance
Efforts to develop a Pact for the Future and a Global Digital Compact offer reason to hope for real progress on peacebuilding and AI governance this year. But, beyond adopting these instruments, United Nations member states must build upon them by pursuing ambitious innovations in global governance.
DOHA/WASHINGTON, DC – Cyber-technologies, especially artificial intelligence, make possible powerful new tools for problem-solving. But they also raise serious governance challenges. In fact, unbridled competition for cyber-primacy could leave everyone worse off – a kind of “tragedy of the commons.” It might even lead to confrontation.