Statement on Generative AI and Democratic Sustainability

Here you can access the Statement of the Digital Humanism Initiative on Generative AI and Democratic Sustainability

Summary

Here you can download the slides of the summary of Digital Humanism Summit:
Download the slides.

About the Event

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.

We will gather 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 is organized by the Digital Humanism Initiative, the OSUN Hannah Arendt Humanities Network at Bard College and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna.

You can find further information and the program here.