Digital Humanism Summit on A.I. & Democracy (Vienna, July 2023)

The release of ChatGPT has stirred worldwide enthusiasm as well as anxieties. It has triggered popular awareness of the far-reaching impact of the latest generative AI, which ranges from numerous beneficial uses to worrisome concerns for open democratic societies and the lives of their citizens. We are concerned about the enormous concentration of power, resources, and prioritization of future AI R&D directions in the hands of Big Tech as well as under the control of government bureaucracies.

Over 50 experts, regulators, scholars and computer scientists gathered in Vienna to identify possible responses to this global challenge and opportunities for meeting it through collective action such as policy recommendations. This two day invitation-only event was organized by the Digital Humanism Initiative, the OSUN Hannah Arendt Humanities Network at Bard College and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna.