AI is already concentrating enormous economic power and deepening existing inequalities, yet governments lack the institutions and expertise needed to govern it. They should establish an international AI body that can set standards and coordinate a collective response to threats no country can handle alone.
PARIS—Several years ago, Mariana Mazzucato and I asked a simple question: Who is in charge if something goes wrong in the AI world? The question remains unanswered, even after the United Nations Security Council met last week to discuss the existential risks posed by AI.
