What if Artificial Intelligence wasn’t just for experts, but for everyone? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (08–09 October, Amsterdam), Uchenna Victor Moses, Digital Project Manager and author of the AI Global Manual, shares his mission: to make Artificial Intelligence literacy a civic right, not a luxury. From training government workers in Nigeria to imagining AI as a tool for public accountability, Moses is building a future where no one is left behind—not by ignorance, not by design.

What if Artificial Intelligence could translate complexity without dumbing it down? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (08–09 October, Amsterdam), Dylan Bristot, Product Marketing Lead at Nebius AI Studio, shares how his team is breaking barriers in long-context model training—giving researchers and developers access to capabilities once reserved for tech giants. From podcast edits to legal document comprehension, Bristot is focused on building tools that empower creators, not just corporations. But he also warns: the real risk isn’t sentient machines, it’s humans forgetting how to think.

What if Artificial Intelligence could amplify human imagination instead of automating it? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (08–09 October, Amsterdam), Jean Arnaud, Director of Strategic Programs at the Cambridge Innovation Center, shares a poetic and provocative vision: AI as a “Plural Mind”—a global mirror embedding empathy, rights, and foresight into the fabric of decision-making. From defending freedom of thought to safeguarding endangered languages, Arnaud challenges us to build systems that deepen collective wisdom rather than diminish it.

What if Artificial Intelligence could power planetary-scale progress—without draining the planet? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (08–09 October, Amsterdam), Daniel Wilkinson, Distinguished Architect for Machine Learning Architecture at Synopsys, shares his vision for decentralised, diversified and socially useful Artificial Intelligence. From building the world’s first start-up-led AI accelerator to warning against climate-linked tech arms races, Wilkinson calls for radical innovation in how—and why—we build intelligent systems. 

What if AI could defend truth, dignity, and human connection at scale? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Juliet MacDowell, founder of Mission AI, shares how her work with PASSERELLE and CLEAR is turning AI into a tool for social impact—and issues a warning about the consequences if we fail to code AI for people rather than profit.

What if AI could help anyone create film-quality stories inside the worlds they love? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Yalin Solmaz, AI Filmmaker at Filmique.ai asks us to imagine a new age of fan-made cinema, and warns of the darker path we risk if GenAI becomes just another tool of automation.

Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Marloes Pomp — Vice President of the European AI Forum and a leading voice at the intersection of AI, government, and society — invites us to rethink what’s possible when technology and democracy move in step. From making government processes faster and more transparent to building entirely new models of communication and economy, she’s asking: can AI create not just smarter systems, but also more peaceful societies?

Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Max Welling, Professor at the University of Amsterdam and CTO & Co-Founder of CuspAI, is driven by one of the most urgent questions of our time: can AI help us design the materials that will save the planet? From carbon capture to miracle batteries, Welling believes the answers may be closer than we think — if we dare to push AI beyond chatbots and into the frontier of science itself.

What’s your most compelling dream scenario for AI — a breakthrough that would fundamentally improve life on a global scale?

Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Héctor López Romero asks us to see AI differently: not as a replacement for human work, but as a personal coach, raising our standards and sharpening how we think, learn, and create.

What’s your most compelling dream scenario for AI — a breakthrough that would fundamentally improve life on a global scale?

Letting AI supporting our jobs to be better, reasonable productive and efficient.

What if AI could become not just a tool, but a scientific partner — capable of tackling humanity’s biggest crises faster than ever before? Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Frank Herrman, Investment Manager at RVO, dares to imagine that future while keeping a sharp eye on the risks that could undo it all.

What’s your most compelling dream scenario for AI — a breakthrough that would fundamentally improve life on a global scale?