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Anders Sandberg – Living inside the cyborg leviathan: artificial intelligence from the 17th century to the posthuman future – Future Day 2026 – Science, Technology & the Future

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We may get a world that’s safe, rich, and unfit for humans: AI embedded in institutions could coordinate brilliantly while turning us into pampered dependents. Sandberg’s thesis: build a cyborg leviathan, but demand 2nd-order alignment – norms and institutions that keep autonomy and flourishing, not just survival. At the Future Day 2026 event, Anders Sandberg spoke on his new co-authored book – Law, Liberty & Leviathan. There was an extensive discussion afterwards. Abstract: Being human is hard: we are stupid and somewhat selfish, yet need to work together with other stupid and selfish people with their own goals. We survive by building societies, filled with institutions and habits that help us solve these tough coordination problems. These institutions often act as extended cognition, allowing us to go far beyond individual power. We are to some extent living inside artificial intelligence systems, and they have enabled us to take control over the planet… as well as caused the worst

We may get a world that’s safe, rich, and unfit for humans : AI embedded in institutions could coordinate brilliantly while turning us into pampered dependents. Sandberg’s thesis: build a cyborg leviathan, but demand 2nd-order alignment – norms and institutions that keep autonomy and flourishing, not just survival. At the Future Day 2026 event , Anders Sandberg spoke on his new co-authored book – Law, Liberty & Leviathan. There was an extensive discussion afterwards. Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Comm – caption: ‘Leviathan’ Abstract : Being human i

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