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The great AI debate: How far should we go?

  • Date
    8 July 2026
    Timeframe
    15:30 - 16:10 CEST
    Duration
    40 minutes
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    Two of the most influential voices shaping the future of artificial intelligence take opposing sides in a debate that cuts to the heart of the AI era. Roman Yampolskiy, a leading AI safety and security researcher known for his warnings about the risks of advanced AI and superintelligence, faces Wang Jian, Founder of Alibaba Cloud and Director of Zhejiang Lab, whose work has helped build some of the world’s largest AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure ecosystems.

    As AI capabilities accelerate at an unprecedented pace, this debate explores one of the defining questions of our time: should humanity continue pushing rapidly toward AGI and increasingly powerful AI systems, or should safety concerns lead us to slow down and rethink the path ahead? Bringing together two distinguished thinkers with fundamentally different perspectives on innovation, risk, and the future of intelligent systems, this session promises a rare and thought-provoking exchange on security, scale, progress, and the long-term future of AI.

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