A Critical Review of "Chips for Peace": Lessons from "Atoms for Peace"

Amritanshu Prasad

The "Chips for Peace" initiative aims to establish a framework for the safe and equitable development of AI chip technology, drawing inspiration from the "Atoms for Peace" program introduced in 1953. While the latter envisioned peaceful nuclear technology, its implementation highlighted critical pitfalls: a partisan approach that prioritized geopolitical interests over inclusivity, fostering global mistrust and unintended proliferation of nuclear weapons. This review explores these historical lessons to inform a better path forward for AI governance. It advocates for an inclusive, multilateral model, such as the proposed International AI Development and Safety Alliance (IAIDSA), to ensure equitable participation, robust safeguards, and global trust. By prioritizing collaboration and transparency, "Chips for Peace" can avoid the mistakes of its predecessor and position AI chips as tools for collective progress, not division.

Reviewer's Comments

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Bharat

Insightful parallel with ‘Atoms for Peace’, would be interesting to explore some of the differences (ie making nuclear weapons has significant bottlenecks and barries for countries to do vs manufacturing chips which might have less ie there are some open source ones). Would be useful to include things like funding, enforcement mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement (as well as difficulty in aligning interests of major players).

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Amritanshu Prasad

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11/21/24

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