Nothing embodies that acceleration more viscerally than the prospect of human-level AI arriving not in some distant sci-fi future, but within the span of a few years—or, at most, a couple of decades.

This is why I’m thrilled to publish this guest essay by Helen Toner whose insights on the governance of advanced AI are deeply informed, unusually clear-headed and urgently needed.

Helen is just beginning to share her thinking more publicly, launching her own Substack Rising Tide where this post was originally published.