Treat AI Like the Ozone Problem

A concrete historical analogy: the Montreal Protocol shows that the world can negotiate and ratify a universal treaty to stop a technology that poses global catastrophic risk. Learning the scientific‑to‑policy pathway (early research, publicization, patchwork regulation, industry pushback, then global treaty) could inform how governments and firms structure early, binding international AI governance. — If policymakers adopt the ozone‑hole playbook (early public science + phased, enforceable international constraints), it reframes AI governance from impossible coordination to a historically grounded, actionable template.