Francis Fukuyama has linked to a detailed proposal urging nations to sign an international treaty that would prohibit any development of AI systems vastly more capable than humans and fully autonomous. The call frames such superintelligence as an existential threat with no reliable alignment fix currently available, and it sketches a verification approach built on monitoring concentrated hardware supply chains like advanced chips and power-hungry data centers.
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Superintelligence https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/time-for-a-global-moratorium-on-superintelligenc?r=ifpt&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
A trust-but-verify model modeled on nuclear nonproliferation is outlined, relying on satellite tracking of data centers and export controls over a handful of firms such as TSMC and ASML. The narrow window for this approach is emphasized because future hardware or algorithmic advances might disperse development beyond easy observation.
Polling cited shows majority U.S. backing for safety limits, and a related statement has drawn signatures from researchers and public figures, yet no draft text, timeline, or list of committed countries has surfaced. Broader governmental uptake or resistance is still unquantified.
Many users rejected Fukuyama's call for a global treaty banning superintelligence by insulting him and arguing it would block progress humanity needs, while positive users thanked him or preferred safer AGI without ASI.
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The problem we face with AI today is not a technical problem, it is a political problem.
Of who gets to decide. What level of risk the public is exposed to, what future we build towards or avert.
It's so heartening and important to see this conversation starting to happen in the world outside the very insular tech futurist bubble. We need to have these conversations, everywhere, and this piece by @andreamiotti hosted by Francis Fukuyama I hope is a very useful step in that direction!
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Superintelligence https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/time-for-a-global-moratorium-on-superintelligenc?r=ifpt&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Superintelligence https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/time-for-a-global-moratorium-on-superintelligenc?r=ifpt&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
the sequel to The End of History is apparently Actually, Let’s Not.
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Superintelligence https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/time-for-a-global-moratorium-on-superintelligenc?r=ifpt&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
@FukuyamaFrancis Thank you.
We also need international agreed standards for company valuations.
A company’s valuation should not be allowed to float endlessly on hype, narrative, or speculative future dominance. As a baseline discipline, no company valuation should exceed 100% of its average annual revenue over the previous ten years unless it can justify the premium through audited profitability, assets, defensible cash flow, or proven market control.
@NPCollapse ngl this is the shift we needed. the "just let us cook" era had to end eventually
@AndyMasley No intellectuals I know use it.
@ekstasis @FukuyamaFrancis the nature of humans is that we are protean and self-transforming. it's the most human thing of all.
@ESYudkowsky @FukuyamaFrancis That’s how you make ur dollar, I understand. It’s already here, my friend, and the military has developed it first. Worry not grasshopper. The USA CIA isn’t as dumb and incompetent as it may look.
@FukuyamaFrancis No we need global cooperation to accelerate Artificial Superintelligence
It was great to talk about the threat from superintelligence and its geopolitical implications with @FukuyamaFrancis.
Thanks for hosting my piece on how to prevent it and build a future where humanity stays in control!
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Superintelligence https://open.substack.com/pub/persuasion1/p/time-for-a-global-moratorium-on-superintelligenc?r=ifpt&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
@hamandcheese This is too chud
Bearish on fukuyama for tweeting this in 2026
It would have been interesting in 23, cool in 24, whatever in 25
Super derivative, heard all of this before, etc. Why can’t they write something new? I enjoy reading about the ai arms control stuff but this is lazy
@FukuyamaFrancis @ForHumanityPod What's your definition of "superintelligence"?
@AndyMasley Fear of competition is very widespread...
@FukuyamaFrancis
@krishnanrohit @FukuyamaFrancis via scaling: it beeg captain via new paradigm: it's way above-trend via massively multiagent collectives: the moment a DAO kills Mastercard via RSI: can't catch a knife so gotta step in early, when executives start emitting distress calls, or ppl quit to go write poetry
@bratton @FukuyamaFrancis
@RifeWithKaiju Augmented humans are probably our best shot at changing to a *better* course as a civilization. SuperAGI would just kill us. Which I suppose would count as a change-of-course; but the world doing kinda poorly rn does not make runaway superintelligence any less lethal.
@FukuyamaFrancis Gonna go with a no on that @grok
