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TIAS Elevate Session: AI, Humanity and the Organization of Tomorrow
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Date: Friday 16 October
Time: 14.30 - 20.00
Location: TIAS Utrecht, Kroonstraat 50
Speaker: Bart van der Sloot
Language: English
Costs: €65,- Early Bird (until 15 July) - €80,- Regular
About this TIAS Elevate Session
Experts predict that in five years, over 90% of all digital content will be fully or partially AI-generated. In a synthetic society like this, it will become harder to tell what is real and what isn't. This carries significant consequences for trust, democracy, journalism, the legal system, and personal relationships.
This is just one of the fundamental shifts AI may bring about.
Many organizations are currently focused on formulating and executing their AI strategies. Typically, the primary focus is on what AI can do today for processes, productivity, and service delivery. But what if the very world you are designing that strategy for looks fundamentally different in five or ten years?
What work will humans still perform themselves, and what will be taken over by AI? What happens to social status when machines outperform us in activities we currently associate with expertise, creativity, or intelligence? How do human relationships evolve when AI becomes not just our colleague or assistant, but also our friend, therapist, or partner? And what becomes of truth, identity, and meaning when an ever-larger share of our reality is generated and interpreted by artificial systems?
During this TIAS Elevate Session, we deliberately look beyond today's AI challenges. We examine how AI can fundamentally alter humans, society, and organizations, and what that means for the choices organizations are making today.
The goal is not to predict the future exactly. It is, however, to think through various possible futures, challenge existing assumptions, and investigate how organizations can prepare for a world in which the role of both humans and technology changes profoundly.
The core question: how do you ensure your organization's AI transition aligns with tomorrow’s reality, rather than yesterday's world?
Why join this event?
After this session, you’ll have a clear view on:
how AI can transform work, human relationships, societal institutions, and our perspectives on truth and identity;
various scenarios regarding the role of humans and AI in tomorrow’s society;
legal, ethical, and societal issues that arise as AI takes on an increasingly prominent role;
the assumptions underpinning your organization’s current AI strategy;
how to translate these insights into a future-proof vision for AI and your organization.
This Elevate Session is relevant for professionals and leaders engaged in strategy, innovation, digital transformation, or AI who wish to look beyond mere technology, tools, and efficiency.
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Program
14.30 - 15.00: Walk-in with coffee and tea
15.00 - 16.15: Keynote
What is left for humans? Life, work, and meaning in the age of AI
16.15 - 16.30: Break
16.15 - 17.30: Deepdive
Following the keynote, we dive into several concrete issues that highlight just how far-reaching the impact of AI can be:
Life and death in the age of artificial intelligence
The use of AI in elections
AI in the courtroom
Legal and ethical frameworks for using AI
17.30 - 17.45: Break
17.45 - 18.30: Breakout: From Future Society to Your Organization
In smaller groups, participants explore how AI could fundamentally change both society and their own organizations.
We begin by looking forward: in what ways might work, decision-making, relationships, and organizational models evolve through AI? Next, we reverse the perspective. Assuming that future society and organizational landscapes will indeed be fundamentally altered, what role can AI fulfill there? And what implications does this carry for the strategic choices organizations are facing today?
18.30 – 19.00: Plenary Debrief
We bring together the key insights, dilemmas, and questions from the breakout sessions and discuss the main takeaways organizations can draw from them.
19.00 – 20.00 : Eat & Meet
Network and discuss further with the keynote speaker and other attendees during an informal closing reception with food and drinks.
Bart van der Sloot
Bart van der Sloot specializes in technology and law, artificial intelligence, and human rights. He is an Associate Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University and Editor-in-Chief of the European Data Protection Law Review. Bart holds degrees in Philosophy and Law and has received several prestigious awards, including an NWO Top Talent grant, an NWO Veni grant, and the KNAW Early Career Award.
As a lecturer, he contributes to the Driving Business Value with AI program, developed in partnership with the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS).
His keynote during this session: What is left for humans? Life, work, and meaning in the age of AI
What happens to work and social status when machines outperform humans in tasks we currently regard as skilled, creative, or intelligent?
What happens to human relationships when AI can become our colleague, friend, therapist, or romantic partner—or perhaps an even more attentive companion than another person?
What becomes of truth, identity, and meaning when much of the world around us is generated, mediated, and interpreted by artificial systems?
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