Agentic AI

Power, Conflict and Democratic Futures

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Seminarraum 1, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Bäckerstraße 13
1010 Wien

Dienstag, 14. April 2026, 09:00 - 18:00

This symposium explores the democratic, political, and societal implications of agentic AI - AI systems that act with increasing autonomy, adaptability, and capacity to shape social realities. Moving beyond a narrow focus on AI as a technical tool, the symposium examines how agentic AI reconfigures agency, power, and responsibility across domains such as digital sovereignty, security, hybridisation, and hybrid warfare.

The event brings together perspectives from political theory, philosophy, science and technology studies, and perspectives of practitioners. It asks how democratic institutions, norms, and publics can respond to AI systems

that increasingly act within and upon social and political orders. Particular attention is paid to questions of governance, accountability, and intergenerational perspectives, as well as to the opportunities and risks agentic AI poses for democratic resilience in hybrid and conflict-prone contexts.


Konferenz, Kongress, Tagung

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200