The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Trump’s AI Safety Pact Is Toothless. But There Is a Path Forward.
English Summary
The article argues that the White House AI Safety Pact is fundamentally toothless because it is voluntary and non-binding, failing to compel major AI companies to adopt robust safety standards. The pact's weak language and lack of legal force do not alter the core commercial incentives driving the race to develop advanced, frontier AI capabilities. For AI safety to progress, the government must move beyond mere pledges and establish mandatory, enforceable requirements—similar to national security mitigation agreements—to raise the cost of safety failures and ensure compliance.
中文摘要
本文論點指出，白宮的《AI安全盟約》本質上缺乏實質效力，因為其性質是自願且非約束性的，無法迫使主要AI企業採納穩健的安全標準。該盟約的措辭過於寬鬆，且缺乏法律強制力，無法改變驅動開發先進前沿AI能力的核心商業誘因。若要推動AI安全進展，政府必須超越單純的承諾，建立強制性、可執行的要求——類似於國家安全緩解協議——從而提高安全失誤的成本，並確保企業的合規性。
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