Combatting Orwellian Systems with Technology

Juan BenetFounder and CEO

Max Tegmark (MIT, Future of Life Institute) and Juan Benet explore how powerful AI and surveillance technologies could enable authoritarian control at civilisational scale — and what technical and institutional interventions can prevent it. Tegmark draws on his AI safety research and work with the Future of Life Institute to argue that open, privacy-preserving, decentralised infrastructure is a prerequisite for preserving human agency in an AI-enabled world. Direct and practical on the connection between cryptography, open protocols, and the defense of democratic freedoms.