AI governance: a research agenda

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be a rapidly developing potent general-purpose technology with both tremendous opportunities and substantial risks. Its future progress might accelerate in the coming decades, achieving superhuman capabilities in strategic and diverse domains. AI development could enable major advances in medicine, transportation, energy, education, science, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. However, significant governance challenges plausibly arise from its development, such as labor displacement, wealth inequality, privacy concerns, national security and safety risks, misuse, and unintended consequences – AI-generated abstract.