SOPHIA AI Ethics Manifesto
The SOPHIA AI Ethics Manifesto, developed under the auspices of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO, is inspired by Béla Bartók’s call to seek the “pure, fresh and healthy source”. It places analogue-first practices, narrative and digital-cultural sovereignty, and participatory, co-creative AI at its heart. The Manifesto calls for AI systems to be designed as companions rather than extractive machines, serving community wisdom, dignity and peace – at locally and planetary scale.
The SOPHIA AI Ethics Manifesto was developed by the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO in dialogue with international partners. Building on Béla Bartók’s legacy of seeking the “pure, fresh and healthy source”, the text underlines that artificial intelligence is not only a technological issue, but also a cultural, ethical and community-based one. It highlights:
- an analogue-first approach,
- narrative and digital-cultural sovereignty of communities,
- co-design, co-creation and fair share,
- the construction of peace and planetary consciousness by the alignment of humans and machines.
The Manifesto is an invitation to institutions, communities and developers who wish to place AI at the service of the common good, human dignity and cultural diversity.
If you wish to endorse the Manifesto, please send an email expressing your support to Dr. Gábor Soós, Secretary-General, at gabor.soos@unesco.hu
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Comments and suggestions are also welcome including proposals for collaborations for concrete actions.