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Can a digital mind remain the same as it upgrades? Flexible policies and mathematical identity trackers let AI evolve radically while preserving its core self and continuous identity over time.

As the runaway race to build AGI accelerates, mechanisms of effective global cooperation are collapsing. However, by drawing on timeless wisdom, humanity can do better!

Tired of AGI leaderboard illusions? A data scientist reveals the real test: can it invent Bitcoin in 2007, teach quantum physics in Swahili, and know when to ask for help?

In this debate, Dr. Ben Goertzel and Dr. Roman Yampolskiy clash over the ultimate fate of humanity. The central question: Will AGI lead to our extinction or our unprecedented flourishing?

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru interviews Dr. Chris Percy, philosopher, policy expert, and consciousness researcher, to explore the deepest questions at the intersection of AI, philosophy of mind, and ethics.

Super-growth or super-risk? Matt Swayne examines AI’s power to transform civilization while posing critical questions about humanity’s future.

A report card on the future of humanity

Leading laboratories are hiring philosophers and ethicists to examine whether advanced AI could develop inner experiences and moral status.

Can AI Learn to Care? The question of our time: What if the only way to build safe, aligned AI is not to program it, but to let it evolve?

The Beneficial AGI (BGI) Summit & Unconference 2025 started in Istanbul on October 21. BGI 2025 will continue, live streamed, until October 23.