Is AI Checkmate for Humanity? Or Might It Just Help Save Us?

<div class="header alignfull header--article header--min-height-full has-background has-tonal-black-background-color"> <div class="header__layout"> <div class="header__content"> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-category"> Blog Posts, and Videos</div></div></div> <h1 class="header__title has-h2-variant">Archives</h1> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="favorite-block"> <button class="favorite" data-id="283207" data-state="" title="Favorites are not currently available" disabled><span class="favorite__on">Unfavorite</span><span class="favorite__off">Favorite</span><svg class="svg svg--svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" role="img" height="15" width="11"><use xlink:href="#svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" /></svg></button></div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-program_tax"> <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspen-community-programs/">Aspen Community Programs</a></div></div></div> </div> </div> <figure class="header__media" role="presentation"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel.png" alt="" width="1200" height="900" srcset="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel.png 1200w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel-800x600.png 800w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel-768x576.png 768w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel-900x675.png 900w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel-901x676.png 901w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Special-Event-Spotlight-–-AI-Panel-300x225.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" loading="eager" class="header__image" style="object-position: 71% 12%"> <span class="header__overlay" style="opacity: 0.8"></span> </figure> </div> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Is AI Checkmate for Humanity? Or Might It Just Help Save Us?" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/czzez28PtbU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Global Leadership Network</em><br>Artificial intelligence is advancing at breathtaking speed. This speed is increasingly raising profound concerns about jobs, privacy, security, misinformation, and even humanity&#8217;s future. But AI also offers extraordinary opportunities to cure disease, accelerate scientific discovery, protect the environment, expand human creativity, and help us better see and understand ourselves. So which future will we choose? Join entrepreneur and author <strong>Brett Hurt</strong> and futurist and bestselling author <strong>Jamie Metzl</strong> for a wide-ranging conversation moderated by <strong>Chadia El Meouchi</strong>, exploring one of the defining questions of our time. All panelists are Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellows.</p> <div>&nbsp;</div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/is-ai-checkmate-for-humanity-or-might-it-just-help-save-us/">Is AI Checkmate for Humanity? Or Might It Just Help Save Us?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org">Aspen Institute</a>.</p>