But what happens when cognition is no longer scarce?
When the foundational parameter from which we derive
power... capitalism... democracy... economic value...
...becomes abundant?
"Whoever leads in AI will rule the world." [Vladimir Putin, 2017]
Within the U.S. government and intelligence community,
AGI is now considered strategically more significant
than the race for nuclear weapons ever was.
AGI is more than a tech startup project.
It will rewrite the fabric of society.
We cannot confine AGI to engineering labs.
This demands perspectives from across all disciplines
that shape human civilization.
A cross-disciplinary conference convening scholars from: