A nonpartisan coalition of Pittsburgh organizations and residents calling on Congress to work toward an international treaty governing frontier AI
The world needs urgent action on frontier AI
To build the public pressure necessary for an international treaty governing frontier AI
The decisions humanity makes around AI will be the most consequential decisions in the history of our species. It's vital that we get them right.
Because AI built anywhere will affect people everywhere, we will need unprecedented global coordination to meet this critical moment. PAISC was founded to build a movement to push our representatives in Congress to work toward an international treaty governing frontier AI.
Capabilities are racing ahead. Safety and governance are not
As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, understanding its risks is more important than ever.
By one metric, AI capabilities are doubling every four to seven months. Progress in safety and governance has lagged far behind.
METR researchCEOs of the major AI labs and other prominent figures signed a statement declaring that AI represents an existential risk on the level of nuclear war and pandemics.
Read the statementIn July 2026, more than a thousand employees of frontier labs called for the US government to support an international effort to address AI risk.
Read the statementAI poses potential catastrophic risks
Loss of control
Humanity could lose control of AI altogether, with a powerful misaligned system leading to catastrophic outcomes for humanity, including the possibility of extinction.
Power concentration
A company or government with exclusive access to a sufficiently powerful AI could concentrate power and lock in authoritarianism.
Misuse
Bad actors may be able to override guardrails on powerful AI models and use them to launch attacks of various kinds, including bioterrorism and cyberattacks. Anthropic has already intervened in instances of individuals attempting to do exactly this, but it's likely not possible to stop everyone who tries.
No single company can slow down alone
Despite these risks, AI companies are forging ahead with further development. Race dynamics have made it difficult for any single company to slow down. Even if one did, the argument goes, competitors would not, and we'd still face the same problem of development outpacing safety.
Frontier AI development is currently concentrated in the United States and China. Our two countries will have to overcome our mistrust of one another to avert catastrophic AI outcomes.
The only way to regulate frontier AI sufficiently is through an international treaty governing its development and deployment.
Even though these risks are real and severe, AI does have the potential to benefit humanity profoundly. Breakthroughs in science, energy, and medicine could advance society in countless ways. But we need to guard against misuse and loss of control in order to ensure these benefits come and are enjoyed by all humanity.
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