At UEMF, a high-level international dialogue questions the future of human civilization in the era of artificial intelligence

Throughout the Meetings of the Euromed University of Fes on the Alliance of Civilizations, organized by the United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations, under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the plenary sessions and special meetings formed the intellectual core of this edition devoted to “The future of human civilization in the test of artificial intelligence”, bringing together decision-makers, experts, academics and major international figures around a high-level dialogue on the changes reshaping our world.

Carried from the opening by keynote lectures of Mr. Omar Fassi-Fihri and Mr. Mohammed Taoufik Mouline, which set the major prospective markers of the debates, the discussions unfolded around a central question: how to think about the future of humanity at a time when artificial intelligence is reconfiguring political, economic, social and cultural balances worldwide.

The exchanges thus explored, in a deeply interdisciplinary approach, the conditions of governance based on transparency, responsibility and trust, while questioning the ethical, institutional and normative frameworks called upon to accompany transformations induced by intelligent technologies. These reflections resonated particularly in debates devoted to the uses of artificial intelligence in the health field, where innovation promises were put into perspective with the demands of ethics, responsibility and the centrality of the human being.

This dynamic was enriched by two special meetings that gave strategic depth to the debates. The exchange between Prof. Abdelhak Azzouzi and Mr. Josep Borrell opened a large-scale reflection on geopolitical recompositions, dialogue between civilizations and new international balances in a context of accelerated technological upheavals. In the same spirit, the meeting bringing together Prof. Mostapha Bousmina and Mrs. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni made it possible to question the links between digital sovereignty, innovation and institutional transformation, placing these issues within a long-term strategic vision.

Over the course of the plenary sessions, the debates also examined the conditions for a shared future in which artificial intelligence would be fully put at the service of humans, articulating the notions of trust, inclusion and shared progress.

From this perspective, the interventions consistently reframed technological advances within a broader reflection on contemporary civilizational challenges, emphasizing that artificial intelligence involves as many societal choices as it opens scientific possibilities. Whether in terms of global governance, applied ethics, social cohesion or dialogue between cultures, a single guiding thread ran through all the debates: thinking innovation in light of the common good.

By the density of the exchanges and the scope of the reflections undertaken, these plenary sessions affirmed the vocation of these Meetings as a space for collective thinking about the major transformations of the 21st century. By bringing together expertise, political vision and humanism, they recalled that the challenges raised by artificial intelligence are as much a civilizational project as a technological horizon. From Fes, at the heart of the UEMF, these debates thus carried a strong conviction: the future of innovation is also built through the dialogue of values, knowledge and peoples.