With the presence of Qatar´s Ambassador, the morning started with the aim of fomenting dialogue between technology and culture and the importance of remarking the AI for public good. An interdisciplinary exchange that explored one of today´s most significant questions: How do different cultures perceive AI, and how can we design technology that honours and reflects the cultural diversity of our world?

The program was created to cover a wide range of topics. From AI and Religion to understand Islamic ethics and the recent behaviour of worshiping machines, to the dilemma of measurement – How can we slow AI? – and legal, governance challenges and cultural heritage. A complete program designed to bring together experts in computer science, behavioural science, law, ethics and cultural studies.

Who decides what culture goes inside into these machines? A question that we usually don´t address when thinking about LLMs and modern generative AI technologies. Throughout the conferences and sessions some critical data and observations were made: the fact that more than 300 million people share on a daily basis their personal thoughts with ChatGPT, and that daily conversation not only changes their way of communicating with AI´s, but also with other people, and therefore changes the way people think. AI has enormous impact, deep enough to change our human interactions. Other fears were presented, as the LLMs used by governments to create fake propaganda websites for AI to integrate into their programs and then spread fake information. This is an example of indirect problems we, as a society, must endure regarding the potential of these modern languages.

Our trust in AI, the automation from a young age, and the access to “fundamental truths” which can be provided by an AI with wrong and fake information – showed by bioethics expert Mohammed Ghaly in conversation with the anthropologist Beth Singler – creates an exponential and unstoppable acceleration of technology that closes the human experience to an utopia of a more developed human being, which, as Peter Thiel antichrist figure showed, dehumanizes our lives and resembles the Satan figure.

With the afternoon coming to an end, a conclusion can be distinguished among different sessions: in an era marked by rapid technological advancement, building AI technologies that are culturally aware, respectful and inclusive has become increasingly vital. Seeking to address this challenge and rethink the foundations of AI through a cross-cultural lens in idea the ICD shares and its proud to share through this platform.

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