[2310.09217] Multinational AGI Consortium (MAGIC): A Proposal for International Coordination on AI

# Multinational AGI Consortium (MAGIC):   A Proposal for International Coordination on AI

Jason Hausenloy

UWCSEA East

hause56773@uwcsea.edu.sg

\\AndAndrea Miotti11footnotemark: 1

Conjecture

andrea@conjecture.dev

\\AndClaire Dennis11footnotemark: 1

Princeton University

claire.dennis@princeton.edu

Equal contribution of all authors. Andrea Miotti is the corresponding author.

###### Abstract

This paper proposes a Multinational Artificial General Intelligence Consortium (MAGIC) to mitigate existential risks from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). MAGIC would be the only institution in the world permitted to develop advanced AI, enforced through a global moratorium by its signatory members on all other advanced AI development. MAGIC would be exclusive, safety-focused, highly secure, and collectively supported by member states, with benefits distributed equitably among signatories. MAGIC would allow narrow AI models to flourish while significantly reducing the possibility of misaligned, rogue, breakout, or runaway outcomes of general-purpose systems. We do not address the political feasibility of implementing a moratorium or address the specific legislative strategies and rules needed to enforce a ban on high-capacity AGI training runs. Instead, we propose one positive vision of the future, where MAGIC, as a global governance regime, can lay the groundwork for long-term, safe regulation of advanced AI.

## 1 Executive Summary

Today, a handful of U.S.-based AI companies are spearheading the development of extremely powerful, general AI systems – what the leading developers refer to as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). AGI lacks any unified, concrete definition, but has been described in some contexts as “superintelligence” or “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.”\[ [1](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.09217#bib.bibx1 "")\] While the specific threshold for defining an “AGI” is often contested, there is an emerging scientific and public consensus that the unchecked development of such advanced, autonomous AI systems may pose enormous, societal-scale risks.\[ [2](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.09217#bib.bibx2 ""), [3](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.09217#bib.bibx3 ""), [4](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.09217#bib.bibx4 "")\] The challenges posed by advanced AI are sizable enough to necessitate an international response. A growing chorus of policymakers, technologists, and governance experts are thus calling for global AI governance through various proposed international bodies to facilitate global coordination and oversight.111 These include but are not limited to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (in conversation with US President Joe Biden) and Chair of the UK Foundation Model Taskforce Ian Hogarth.\[ [5](https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2310.09217#bib.bibx5 ""), [6](h

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