While the UN Debates the Future, the World Debates the End: The Case of Artificial Intelligence

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As world leaders gather at the United Nations to discuss peace, security, climate change, and the future of humanity, public debates increasingly focus on the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence. This text explores AI not merely as a technological development but as a cultural and civilizational challenge that reshapes traditional notions of authority, competence, expertise, and social organization. Moving beyond both technological utopianism and apocalyptic fears, it argues that the central question is not whether AI will change the world, but whether human institutions and societies can develop the maturity and responsibility required to govern powerful technologies. Ultimately, the discussion returns to a timeless dilemma: the ethical use of human agency in an age of increasingly intelligent tools.