Keynote
The Algorithmic Cold War
— Dr. Lena Hanson (Geneva Institute for Algorithmic Governance)Dr. Hanson's work examines how AI has reshaped our information landscape through advanced augmented reality overlays and non-invasive interfaces. We’ve watched her demonstrations in previous summits where complex data becomes understandable through these systems.
Her research breaks new ground in what she calls "interpretation layers" in market-based AI-agents. These are the invisible translators that convert raw environmental data into market signals. You've seen them at work if you've tracked the volatile trading of extinction prevention credits. The same technology directs the increasingly automated allocation of global water rights.
What makes these systems revolutionary is their capacity. They monitor, value, and trade limited resources at speeds unimaginable. When we visited her lab last year, she showed us a visualization of these transactions—millions per second, each adjusting to subtle environmental changes detected by global sensor networks.
"That incident wasn't just a technical failure," Dr. Hanson told us during a recent interview. "It revealed the fundamental weakness in our approach to AI governance. We've built powerful systems that reflect our political divisions rather than transcend them."
Despite international task forces established after the Laptev crisis, we still lack universal AI accountability standards. Nations continue pursuing region-specific governance models, creating a fragmented regulatory landscape that mirrors existing geopolitical tensions.
Dr. Hanson will preview frameworks designed to help AI systems communicate operational uncertainties and respect cross-jurisdictional data access rights—particularly crucial in contested areas like the Svalbard data conduits and resource zones around Jan Mayen.
Her presentation will include defensive strategies against sophisticated cyberattacks that attempt to manipulate AI decision-making through data poisoning and model exploitation.
By Sigrid Jørgensen | Illustrations by Miiko Uusitalo
Sigrid and Miiko travelled together to speak to the different keynote speakers for this story [January 16 2045]
Sigrid and Miiko travelled together to speak to the different keynote speakers for this story [January 16 2045]