On one horizon: super intelligent partners helping us cure disease and rebuild the planet. On the other: a future where only the ultra-rich hold the keys to intelligence itself.  Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Michael van Lier is asking which world we’ll choose—and how soon that choice will matter.

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

My dream scenario is reaching artificial general intelligence and eventually superintelligence, not as an endpoint but as a catalyst. Imagine science and robotics advancing at an ultra level — curing diseases, reversing climate damage, exploring space — because we’ve created minds that can collaborate with us at the edge of the unknown. It’s about unlocking discoveries that humanity alone might take centuries to reach.

Jon McLoone believes AI’s real breakthrough won’t just be smarter systems, but broader access. Ahead of World Summit AI 2025 (October 8–9, Amsterdam), Jon shares why the future depends on trusted sources, human creativity, and a balance between innovation and wisdom.

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

What if AI could make prevention, not treatment, the foundation of global healthcare? At World Summit AI 2025  (October 08–09, Amsterdam), Barbara Cresti shares a vision where AI accelerates discovery in life sciences, empowers small businesses, and forces us to confront the hidden costs of the AI era.

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly propelling the financial sector into a new era, moving beyond incremental advancements to enable fundamental, strategic reinvention. For executives, AI developers, regulators, and industry strategists, understanding AI’s pervasive impact is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for effective leadership, innovation, and risk management in finance. 

A Call for Internships from the Asian University for Women - 50 Women, 50 Futures.

At InspiredMinds, we believe that technology and human resilience go hand in hand. That belief is never clearer than in our ongoing partnership with the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh, a formidable institution dedicated to educating women from some of the world’s most fragile and conflict-affected regions.

Over the past five years, we have supported AUW: helping secure internships for over 300 students, assisting in emergency evacuations, and guiding buses of young Afghan women to safety during the fall of Kabul in 2021. These women have shown extraordinary courage. Now, they need our community's help.

A Shifting Landscape of Law, Strategy, and Standards

As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in the fabric of society, governments worldwide are racing to create robust governance frameworks that ensure safety, accountability, and innovation. In 2025, the legal and regulatory environment for AI is evolving rapidly, with key developments in major regions signalling a new era of strategic alignment, competition, and complexity.

Zarinah Agnew wants more than smarter systems—she wants a smarter species. As Research Director at the Collective Intelligence Project, she’s exploring how Artificial Intelligence can strengthen, not splinter, our ability to coordinate, communicate and coexist. Ahead of World Summit AI USA 2025 (June 18–19, San Francisco), she shares why human-AI collaboration must focus on healing divides, not deepening them—and why our biggest upgrade might not be technical, but social.

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

I want to see AI solve some of the problems that humans have failed on, I want to see human-AI collaboration forge a future of human and non-human flourishing, to help us transition our economic system to one that serves life, to improve our collective decision making and coordination so that we can face both the planetary challenges and opportunities that we have at our hands.

Mark Heynen isn’t here to hype Artificial Intelligence. He’s here to ground it. Ahead of World Summit AI USA 2025 (June 18–19, San Francisco), the Knapsack co-founder opens up about the real risks of power concentration, the promise of privacy-first tools and why the future may depend less on regulation—and more on responsible founders.

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

I dream of having it do my dishes and laundry. Simple, but telling -- it could then really save us all from life's drudgery.

Before taking the stage at World Summit AI USA 2025 (June 18–19, San Francisco), Bernardo Flores shares why bridging academia and industry is critical now. From student-led tools for mental health to sustainable tech with IBM, he’s focused on using Artificial Intelligence to empower—not replace—human potential.

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

A dream scenario for me would be seeing AI applications and systems being used for social good. To empower individuals not just knowledge wise, but to allow them to find ways to solve or mitigate issues within their communities, in a way that it can be beneficial for all. For instance, something that gives me great hope is when my students, for their master project, want to focus on building multi-agentic AI systems for healthcare (e.g. mental health, wellbeing, ...), education (e.g. pre-school learning companions) and other causes that show the commitment that future work forces have to use AI for a greater good.

Ahead of his talk at World Summit AI USA 2025 (June 18–19, San Francisco), we caught up with Robert Petrosino, Strategic Engagement Advisor: AI, FBI. From bedtime storytelling to medical decision-making, Petrosino envisions a future where AI is a deeply personal support system woven into our daily lives. In this conversation, he reflects on his work bringing agent-based systems to the private sector, the overlooked role of chip manufacturing and energy in achieving AGI, and why 2028 may mark a turning point in our relationship with intelligent machines.

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

Personalized support system for the hardest decision in our lives from entertainment choices to medical recommendations.