Why would you build a machine that could kill you?

Commentary no. 054 NS/2026, published by Fondazione CSF.

The race towards artificial superintelligence creates a strategic problem for developers and states. Even actors who recognise potentially catastrophic risks face powerful incentives to accelerate when restraint could hand a rival an extraordinary technological, economic and geopolitical advantage.

This commentary examines that nested corporate and international race, the limits of governing autonomous agents through engineered incentives, and the case for enforceable international institutions capable of pacing frontier-AI development.

The complete commentary is available in the PDF below.