Human Challenges of AI #2: The Human Equation
At the 2nd edition we start with the short film, The Human Equation, a connection point: a way to experience what is at stake, beyond an abstract, purely intellectual discussion.
The question is not whether AGI will become a thing, but when, and how ready our institutions and society will be to handle the transition. We need decisive action, and that is why a multidisciplinary conversation about AGI is worth having.
We are building AI faster than we are building the society to receive it.
This gap leads to 3 predictable failures:
Productivity without prosperity,
Execution without verification,
Capacity without constraint.
Each one is a consequence of neglect that, on a systemic level, leads to concentration of power, loss of control, and racing ahead of safeguards. But this outcome is not inevitable.
Changing this trajectory takes people who do not usually end up in the same room coming to an agreement and working together.
The format
Film screening: The Human Equation, 25 minutes, in English with Spanish subtitles.
Then two lightning talks: Karney Hatch, the film director, and Elena Tairova, introducing the seven strategy archetypes and the framework for the discussion.
Open group discussion: How should humanity address AGI? Seven strategy archetypes that governments consider in relation to AGI give us the framework for the discussion. We split into smaller groups so everyone has a place to talk. In Spanish and English.
We close with a Quadratic Vote on the main discussion points.
You can speak or you can just listen. Both are fine. You do not need to know the policy. You need to care what is at stake.
Who this is for
Practitioners, researchers, founders, engineers, investors, and public sector professionals, organisers and community builders. Experienced or new to the topic, as long as you turn up ready to contribute.
Doors 18:30, film at 19:00, finished by 21:00.
Free. 50 places. Screening in English with Spanish subtitles, discussion in Spanish and English. Registration is by approval so we can keep the mix across sectors balanced, which is the whole point of the format.
Who is behind this
Terms of Creation is a research & consultancy practice for strategy, policy, and practical work around technology embedded in society.
AI Safety Barcelona is building the ecosystem that keeps advanced AI under human control. It connects students, researchers and institutions across Barcelona and Spain to the global work of making frontier AI safe.
Reverse Alignment is a coalition of 96 researchers, technologists and public servants redesigning institutions so societies can absorb AI and share its gains.
Will we agree on how to solve the Human Equation? Probably not. Is it a conversation worth having? Definitely yes.