When U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres introduced the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, I had a sense of déjà vu. As the U.N. touted members “from all five of the U.N.’s regions” and “from various different backgrounds,” I was reminded of my own experience with the U.N.’s vision of diversity. On…

A more balanced distribution of research capacity would make the global AI ecosystem more resilient, diversify its ideas, and give legitimacy to the governance frameworks that follow. AI is often described as the defining technology of our time, yet the way its knowledge base is created remains profoundly uneven. While governments spend efforts debating strategies…