Scaling ControlAI's parliamentary outreach across the G7 (excl. US).

ControlAI’s goal is to prevent extinction risk from superintelligent AI (ASI) through an international agreement prohibiting the development of ASI. As a key part of this work, we systematically meet and brief lawmakers about AI extinction risk. A core distinction we draw for policymakers is: narrow AI has many benefits, but superintelligent systems that nobody can control should be prohibited.

In our experience, many lawmakers are unaware of AI risks, and without awareness they cannot act. Building this awareness is therefore a precondition for international cooperation on AI among all countries. So we directly speak with lawmakers to inform them about AI risks, and help them act.

ControlAI has a proven pipeline for briefing lawmakers on AI risks. With dedicated teams in the UK and US, and 1 FTE in both Canada and Germany, we achieve strong results across countries. For example, in Canada, 1 FTE secured 100+ lawmaker meetings in <1 year, resulting in our Canada campaign statement, which already has 30+ supporters. In the UK, we met 180+ in 18 months, with 100+ supporting our campaign.

But time is running out. Leading AI company CEOs estimate AI systems smarter than all humans are only 1-5 years away. Once they exist, it'll be too late to act. To secure an international agreement on AI extinction risk in time, we must scale up lawmaker outreach across G7 countries urgently. $50k would allow us to pay 1 FTE for around 6-8 months with an expected outcome of an additional 20-40 lawmakers briefed. And with $1m in additional funding, we could roughly double our efforts informing lawmakers across the G7 for 12 months (incl. Brussels, excl. US) and make significant progress within a year. Without it, our outreach would be limited to the current rate.

Our methods work across countries, and results scale directly with allocated funds. We will use all funding to pay 1-8 FTEs for 6-12 months (depending on the funding amount), to meet and brief lawmakers about catastrophic AI risks across the G7 (incl. Brussels, except US). Country selection will depend on external factors, e.g. local talent availability.