Just adding to what Mr. Adler was saying, I think what's crucial is to move from the current regime. In the current regime, companies move first, and then governments have to scramble behind them. This always puts governments and the public on their back foot. Especially for the most powerful AI systems, it's crucial to move to a regime that is much closer to how we deal with any other high-stakes engineering project. We don't just let people build a bridge, then figure out a few years later that it's collapsing because we didn't check the plans. We don't let anybody build a nuclear power plant without first checking exactly what they're planning to build.
I think this approach should be taken increasingly with the most powerful AI systems, especially as these companies themselves expect these systems to be extremely dangerous. They are quite candid about it publicly. We should apply the same standard and flip the burden of proof. They should show, first of all, that their plans are sensible, and then they can go ahead, rather than going ahead first and then letting governments scramble behind them.
