AI
The Age of Synthetic Cognition
January 20, 2026 - Pischa, Davos
Session I
11:00 – 11:45
AI as a Planetary Nervous System
Artificial intelligence increasingl coordinates communication, infrastructure, security, and energy systems. This session explores AI as an integrating layer across photonic networks, orbital platforms, and global data flows. Intelligence appears as an enabler of scale, resilience, and coherence.
Speakers
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Bevin
Eldaphonse
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Nassim
Haramein
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Dr. David
Rock
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Khadija
Mustafa
Session Questions
Where does AI already operate as invisible infrastructure?
How does AI coordination differ from centralized control?
What dependencies emerge as AI scales across systems?
How can transparency be preserved at planetary scale?
If AI is becoming the operating system of the planet, what is humanity’s role within that system?
Session II
15:00 – 15:45
Alignment, Governance, and Human Responsibility
As intelligence expands, governance and responsibility evolve alongside it. This session addresses ethics, oversight, institutional design, and accountability, focusing on how human values remain central as intelligent systems grow more autonomous.
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Nina
Habicht
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Dr. Mindahi Bastida
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Shaun
Leong
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Dr. Wallace
S. Cheng
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Tee
Ganbold
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Khadija
Mustafa
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Marta Doskarina
Session Questions
What does effective AI governance look like at scale?
How can human values remain embedded in intelligent infrastructure?
What is sovereign intelligence when data and compute define power?
Where should responsibility sit when systems fail?
Is AI governance now a geopolitical issue as much as a technical or ethical one?
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