From TIME · Halla Tómasdóttir · · 2m
Human judgment is the most powerful technology
As AI enters warfare and decision-making, world leaders gather in Iceland to argue that dialogue and human connection remain essential to survival.
In brief
As AI enters warfare and decision-making, world leaders gather in Iceland to argue that dialogue and human connection remain essential to survival. Iceland's president argues that as artificial intelligence shapes life-and-death decisions in war, humanity must prioritize dialogue, human judgment, and connection over…
AI kills civilians in two wars
In Ukraine, a Russian drone guided by artificial intelligence killed three civilians at a gas station, including a nineteen-year-old university student.In Gaza, an AI-assisted intelligence tool helped Israeli forces locate a Hamas commander.
The question machines raise
As machines become more involved in decisions of life and death, are we losing sight of the human beings whose lives hang in the balance? That question prompted Iceland's president to revisit a historic moment.
Reykjavik forty years ago
Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at Höfði House in Reykjavík, Iceland, representing rival nuclear superpowers divided by decades of distrust.They left without an agreement.
The power of human connection
The enduring lesson of Reykjavík is not simply about nuclear weapons or diplomacy. It is about the extraordinary power of human connection and dialogue. We urgently need to remember it.
“The extraordinary power of human connection and dialogue.”
Iceland's week of dialogue
Over the past week, Iceland explored whether our wisdom has kept pace with our technological power through a traveling exhibition from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, testimony from an atomic bombing survivor, and conversations with…
Young people demand a voice
Across Iceland, young people invited fellow citizens to put down their phones and sit together to discuss the future they want to create.
A Call from Reykjavík
Leaders from politics, technology, science, business, and civil society gathered at Höfði House to ask what responsible leadership demands today.
Three women continue the conversation
In a public conversation moderated by journalist Christiane Amanpour, President Nataša Pirc Musar of Slovenia, former Irish President Mary Robinson, and Iceland's president reflected on the choices before humanity.
Dialogue as demanding leadership
Dialogue is not a soft alternative to leadership but one of its most demanding forms.
“Dialogue is not a soft alternative to leadership but one of its most demanding forms.”
The human cost of AI warfare
The wars in Ukraine and Gaza remind us of the devastating human cost of conflict.
“We must not surrender human judgment, accountability, or conscience to machines.”
Building human infrastructure
Technology alone is not the problem and cannot provide the answer.We need stronger human infrastructure: relationships, institutions, shared values, and habits of cooperation.
The one thing
Iceland's president argues that as artificial intelligence shapes life-and-death decisions in war, humanity must prioritize dialogue, human judgment, and connection over technological solutions alone.
