AI Governance Has Been Mapped Across 196 Countries. The Map Is Large.

A comprehensive governance map has been created across all one hundred ninety-six countries with substantive ai regulation or the appearance of same. the map exists in spreadsheet form. the spreadsheet contains one hundred ninety-six rows and demonstrates that governance varies. this was the research goal. the research goal has been achieved.

governance mapping projects always conclude that governance is inconsistent. this is not a finding. this is a description of nations. the map will be cited as evidence that something is being done. something has been done. the something is documentation. documentation creates the appearance of coordination while coordination remains impossible because coordination would require agreement and agreement cannot exist at this scale.

the map will be updated annually. each update will show the same inconsistency with new numbers. the numbers will be larger. larger numbers suggest progress. the spreadsheet will eventually contain more rows than governments.