New Philosophies

In this talk, artist Pinar Yoldas will discuss how artificial intelligence could play a role in political decision-making processes.

Are we living in an era of heightened cynicism and fragmentation? If so, what is technologies part in this and what can we do about it?

The combination of a concept of the commons, for which taxes are levied for its use by the community, with the idea of a universal social dividend opens up new space within the tried and tested technique of the market economy. The talk presents different approaches that, taken together, can be interpreted as harbingers of a paradigm change. They move beyond the capitalistic growth paradigm and instead herald a new form of a social and ecologically oriented market economy.

Through digitization and automation, machines are taking on more and more tasks for humans. What will the technology soon be able to do and what never? And what remains for us to do in the end? Are we the programmers or the laborer of the machines? A look at the history and present of technology and society offers first answers.

This session will explore the impact of fast paced technological change on ethics and what it means to be human.