JP Singh

Originally published on Project Syndicate on May 15, 2026. Judging by most of the media coverage of the global AI "race," the United States and China are the two dominant players, and every other country and organization is at risk of being left behind. The reality is far more complex—and not nearly as bleak. WASHINGTON, DC—In The Three-Arched Bridge, the novelist Ismail Kadare tells the story of a bridge being built in medieval Arbëria (modern-day Albania, Kadare’s homeland) just as the...

Originally published on Project Syndicate on October 22, 2025. Disregarding ethical considerations in the name of AI innovation – the direction taken by the US – is a recipe for disaster. But pretending that lofty ethical principles will solve the real governance challenges AI raises is similarly misguided. WASHINGTON, DC – The biggest governance dilemma in AI is setting guidelines for the technology’s ethical use without unduly weakening the incentive to innovate. So far, countries and...

Grand pronouncements about artificial intelligence appear daily: AI will produce autocrats and demolish democracies . Algorithms are...