Humans are not finished beings. We become what we make of ourselves.
After Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1486
In 1486, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola published 900 theses and called scholars to Rome to dispute them in public.
The disputation was stopped. The speech he wrote for it was never delivered.
Its central claim remains: a human being has no finished form.
We become through judgment, choice and action.
When we routinely hand the final choice to an algorithm, we delegate more than work. We surrender part of the practice through which we form ourselves.
HUOMO is an old Italian spelling of uomo: the human being. The name is a reminder. Agency is not something we simply possess. It is something we practise.
We do not ask people for opinions about artificial intelligence. We ask scientists, chief executives and students the same four questions.
- I.What makes us human?
- II.What must stay human?
- III.What must never be delegated?
- IV.Where do you draw the line?
The first conversations were recorded at the European Forum Alpbach in August 2026. No prepared statements. No common answer. Only the line each person is willing to draw.
One face. One voice. One answer that remains their own.
Conversations will appear here as they are published.
Listen before you decide.
