Event Moment: United Nations’ Lambert Hogenhout Describes the Impacts of AI on Identity

In this AI Agent & Copilot moment, excerpted from the closing keynote session “How to Survive AI as Companies and Humans,” Lambert Hogenhout, Chief Data & AI, United Nations, highlights the effects that AI will have on identity and what it means to be human.

Key Takeaways

• Second-level society: As AI continues to advance, it prompts the question of identity — is it still us? Are we creating a second-level society where all the AI-enhanced versions of ourselves are communicating with one another, making the old us underneath useless on its own?
• What makes us human: There are several aspects of identity that will be affected by the use of AI, like deep fakes. AI can take in your knowledge, likeness, and voice. It challenges what it means to be human and raises new questions as we move ahead with AI.