  This report describes trade-offs in the design of international governance
arrangements for civilian artificial intelligence (AI) and presents one
approach in detail. This approach represents the extension of a standards,
licensing, and liability regime to the global level. We propose that states
establish an International AI Organization (IAIO) to certify state
jurisdictions (not firms or AI projects) for compliance with international
oversight standards. States can give force to these international standards by
adopting regulations prohibiting the import of goods whose supply chains embody
AI from non-IAIO-certified jurisdictions. This borrows attributes from models
of existing international organizations, such as the International Civilian
Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO),
and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). States can also adopt multilateral
controls on the export of AI product inputs, such as specialized hardware, to
non-certified jurisdictions. Indeed, both the import and export standards could
be required for certification. As international actors reach consensus on risks
of and minimum standards for advanced AI, a jurisdictional certification regime
could mitigate a broad range of potential harms, including threats to public
safety.
