Human Challenges of AI

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

We start with a short film followed by three expert takes, five minutes each: tech, policy, philosophy of technology.

Then it goes to the room. A live poll and one open discussion, with people who do not usually end up in the same conversation.

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.

We film short clips and publish them afterwards, so the arguments made in the room travel further. If you would rather not be on camera, tell us on the night and we will keep you out of frame.

Speakers

Javier Ideami (philosophy of tech): Founder of RosettaMind, Creative Technologist.

Nikoline Arns (governance): PULSIN Network, Founder in the open-source tech space, independent researcher.

Caetano Souto Maior (science & tech): Chief Scientist at Aurora Collective Intelligence, former postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford.

Moderator

Elena Tairova: Founder & Researcher at Kelp.Digital and Terms of Creation, Partnerships Lead at AI Safety Barcelona.

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.

The kind of problems on the table

Identity. Privacy. Provenance. Data value. Agentic collaboration. Communal sensemaking. Democracy. Law and liberties. Workplace. Research. Education. Labor transition.

Doors 18:30, takes at 19:00, finished by 21:30.

Free. In English. 35 places. 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 (termsofcreation.org/) is a publication and a community for thought, policy, and practical work around technology embedded in the society.

Reverse Alignment (reversealignment.ai) is a coalition of 96 researchers, technologists and public servants redesigning institutions so societies can absorb AI and share its gains.

Part of the Barcelona4Impact 2026 programme.