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Explore a paradigm shift in AI governance through this 19-minute conference talk that moves beyond debates about machine consciousness to focus on governing intelligent systems displaying self-aware, empathic, or egoistic traits. Learn Dr. Spleiss's vision for NextGen AI governance built on cooperation rather than confinement, discovering how combining self-awareness with empathy and integrating human soft skills like curiosity, communication, and patience into governance frameworks creates more resilient, trustworthy, and adaptive AI systems. Understand why governance matters more than defining AI self-awareness, examine how empathy and cooperation strengthen AI resilience, grasp the critical importance of human soft skills in AI oversight, and receive a compelling call to design trustworthy systems that enable mutual human-AI growth and development.
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Rethinking AI Self-Awareness: Building Cooperative Governance | SECtember 2025
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