Written constitutions, such as the American or the German Constitution, are treated often almost like divine texts or laws (timeless and eternal, written in stone), that can be referred to by anyone, but only a 'chosen few' (constitutional judges) are allowed to interpret them, when it comes to legal disputes.
In this Reboot Special we talk about the strengths and limitations of current artificial intelligence (AI), why AI may become a dangerous instrument of disinformation, why superintelligent AI may be closer (years) than most previously expected (decades) and how this could yield (through human actions) to (intentional or not) catastrophic outcomes (including a spectrum from AI-driven devastating wars to the extreme risk of extinction). This we argue motivates the need for international cooperation to avoid, for example, the catastrophic risks arising from AI arms races – or indeed from economic races, driven by similar self-destructive game-theoretical competition.
Moderated by Nico A. Heller Live on YouTube | Tuesday, 11 July 2023 | Starting at 10:00 AM CET Existing law provides that directors must “act in the best interests of the corporation.” Bob Hinkley, a renowned American attorney and one of the Democracy School’s regular dialogue partners proposes a Code for Corporate Citizenship that would add “but not at the expense of severe damage to the environment, human rights, public health and safety, dignity of employees or welfare of the communities in which the corporation operates.” He believes that, if adopted, this simple addition to corporate law would fundamentally transform the way corporations (can) operate and (must) do business.
Our Reboot2030 winter season kicks off on Tuesday, 10 January 2023, at 10:00 AM (CET), and as always features a great line-up of transformational activists and thinkers from around the world live on YouTube.
Our Reboot2030 fall season starts on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, at 10:00 AM (CET), featuring a superb line-up of transformational thinkers, activists and innovators from around the world live on YouTube.
The Democracy School’s spring series of Reboot Dialogues and Interviews kicks off live on YouTube on Tuesday, the 26th of April 2022, at 16:00 hours (CET). As usual, our programme features a great line-up of transformational thinkers, activists and innovators from around the world.
In support of Ukraine and Ukrainians everywhere, for 1 hour at 20:00 CET, on the first Wednesday of every month, the lights will go out across Europe.
Thanks to everyone who has backed our campaign and petition in support of Ukraine and Ukrainians thus far. It’s been really heart-warming to see people coming together across national borders, time zones and languages. Participants didn’t just come from different places, but also different walks of life, generations and social groups. This resonance is beautiful.
Our Pilot Series of Reboot Dialogues launched on October the 26th, at 16:00 hours (CET) with Chris Hamer as our guest, who joined us from Sydney to talk about supranational democracy and global federalism. This was followed by four further dialogues with guests from London (John Bunzl on Destructive Global Competition), Pisa (Roberto Castaldi on European federalism), Copenhagen (Lene R. Andersen on education) and Munich (Young-Jin Choi on carbon prizing and the idea of a climate income).
Reboot2030, the Democracy School's YouTube channel launches with weekly dialogues on Tuesday, the 26th of October. Join us on YouTube at 16:00 hours (CET). Our launch programme features a great line-up of pathbreaking thinkers, activists and innovators from around the world.
To gage the level of interest in contributing to Reboot2030, we have been reaching out to activists, public intellectuals, scientists and artists around the world - and the response so far has been just amazing! The project clearly strikes a cord, so that we have now decided to gear up for a soft launch in late October 2021.
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