Leaving AI Governance to the US and China Alone Could Trigger an AI Apocalypse
A new argument circulating in European policy media warns that confining global AI governance to a two-power dynamic between the United States and China leaves the rest of the world without meaningful input on one of the most consequential technological decisions of the decade.
Why this matters: Most of the world is not the US or China. That means most people have no real seat at the table where AI rules are being written. If two rival powers set the norms, everyone else largely inherits them. That is not governance. It is a fait accompli dressed up as one. Europe, and smaller countries even more so, have real interests in how AI is built, deployed, and constrained. Letting two governments sort it out is not a neutral outcome. It is a choice that transfers enormous power to two states and away from everyone else.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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