“AI governance looking bleak” seems like an overstatement. Certain types or aims of AI governance are looking bleak right now, especially getting strong safety-oriented international agreements that include the US and China, or meaningful AI regulation at the national level in the US. But there may be other sorts of AI governance projects (e.g. improving the policies of frontier labs, preparing for warning shots, etc.) that could still be quite worthwhile.
“AI governance looking bleak” seems like an overstatement. Certain types or aims of AI governance are looking bleak right now, especially getting strong safety-oriented international agreements that include the US and China, or meaningful AI regulation at the national level in the US. But there may be other sorts of AI governance projects (e.g. improving the policies of frontier labs, preparing for warning shots, etc.) that could still be quite worthwhile.