Human values and social norms in the age of AI | IASEAI '26

How should AI systems reflect and uphold human values in practice? Track 10 explores how AI is reshaping trust, governance, and human agency — from the erosion of visual truth and political bias in language models to the evolving landscape of global AI policy and the question of what AI systems should ultimately optimize for. Across two sessions, speakers examine how AI is influencing democratic norms, human rights, and institutional trust — and whether current approaches to governance and system design are sufficient to meet the scale of the challenge. Irene Strauss & David Guzman Piedrahita – Democratic or Authoritarian? Probing a New Dimension of Political Biases in Large Language Models Nathan Walker – AI & Human Rights Index Tushita Jha – Human Amplification Should Replace Intelligent Agents as the Primary Goal of AI Research Sujal Deoda – Tracing the Moving Target: Locating Value Propositions on AI Ethics in the European Union (2018–2025) Marc Rotenberg – Emerging Trends in AI Governance April Yoder – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going in AI Governance: A Review of Findings from the AI and Democratic Values Index, 2025 📍 Recorded at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI) is a global professional association bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to ensure that advanced AI systems operate safely and ethically for the benefit of humanity. Learn more: https://www.iaseai.org #AI #AISafety #AIGovernance #AIpolicy #IASEAI #ArtificialIntelligence #ResponsibleAI