ForeCast Should There Be an International AGI Project? (with Rose Hadshar)
Jan 27, 2026
Rose Hadshar, a researcher at Forethought specializing in AI governance and policy. She explores why governments might build international AGI projects and how private firms could be integrated. Rose evaluates models like an Intelsat-style commercial infrastructure, membership and voting designs, monopoly-on-frontier training, and the proposed AGI convention. Short debates probe verification, commitment, and benefit-sharing.
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Why Governments Might Build AGI Together
- An international AGI project means multiple national governments jointly develop advanced AI systems.
- Governments might pursue it because risks and costs of frontier AI could incentivize pooled resources and coordination.
Work With Companies, Don't Rebuild From Zero
- Collaborate with private companies rather than starting government projects from scratch to be competitive quickly.
- Use public-private partnerships as a pragmatically faster route than governments trying to build AGI alone.
First-Mover AGI Could Become World Government
- A large intelligence explosion could let the first developer seize outsized global power or become a de facto world government.
- That possibility motivates preferring internationally legitimate governance over a single-company winner-takes-all outcome.