  Over the past half century, there have been several false dawns during which
the "arrival" of world-changing artificial intelligence (AI) has been heralded.
Tempting fate, the authors believe the age of AI has, indeed, finally arrived.
Powerful image generators, such as DALL-E2 and Midjourney have suddenly allowed
anyone with access the ability easily to create rich and complex art. In a
similar vein, text generators, such as GPT3.5 (including ChatGPT) and BLOOM,
allow users to compose detailed written descriptions of many topics of
interest. And, it is even possible now for a person without extensive expertise
in writing software to use AI to generate code capable of myriad applications.
While AI will continue to evolve and improve, probably at a rapid rate, the
current state of AI is already ushering in profound changes to many different
sectors of society. Every new technology challenges the ability of humanity to
govern it wisely. However, governance is usually viewed as both possible and
necessary due to the disruption new technology often poses to social
structures, industries, the environment, and other important human concerns. In
this article, we offer an analysis of a range of interactions between AI and
governance, with the hope that wise decisions may be made that maximize
benefits and minimize costs. The article addresses two main aspects of this
relationship: the governance of AI by humanity, and the governance of humanity
by AI. The approach we have taken is itself informed by AI, as this article was
written collaboratively by the authors and ChatGPT.
