ControlAI is a non-partisan nonprofit that campaigns for binding international regulation to prevent the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI), which it views as an extinction-level risk. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in London, the organization develops policy frameworks, briefs lawmakers, runs public campaigns, and builds coalitions across the UK, US, Canada, and Germany. Its flagship policy proposal, 'A Narrow Path' (also called the Direct Institutional Plan), outlines legislation and institutions needed to halt ASI development until it can be proven safe.
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ControlAI believes that superintelligent AI poses a credible extinction risk, and that the primary lever for averting this risk is democratic governance rather than technical research alone. Their theory of change is to shift the political and institutional landscape before superintelligence is developed: by educating and mobilizing lawmakers, civil society, and the public across key democracies, they aim to build the political will for binding international agreements and national legislation that prohibit or tightly regulate ASI development. Their Direct Institutional Plan maps a step-by-step path from current policy norms to enforceable global governance structures, with AI Safety Institutes as independent national regulators serving as a key intermediary institution.
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A Narrow Path is a comprehensive policy framework published by ControlAI in October 2024, laying out a three-phase plan for humanity to safely navigate the development of artificial superintelligence.
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