Next Phase of Intelligence
From Agenda Dialogues by World Economic Forum
March 31, 2026 · 47 min · Season 1 · Episode 156
About this episode
The episode discusses the rapid advancements in AI systems and their implications for the future of intelligence and humanity.
AI systems are advancing faster than expected and the next few years could redefine what we mean by intelligence. Will progress continue through scale alone, or are new breakthroughs in algorithms, data and agentic interaction needed to reshape the path ahead? As models begin to learn, plan and act in digital and physical environments, what kind of intelligence are we creating and how will it shape humanity? Speakers: Nicholas Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Eric Xing, President, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) Yoshua Bengio, Full Professor, University of Montreal Yuval Noah Harari, Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Yejin Choi, Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford University This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/next-phase-of-intelligence/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts : YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe : https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe : https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues…
People in this episode
Guests: Nicholas Thompson, Eric Xing, Yoshua Bengio, Yuval Noah Harari, Yejin Choi
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- intelligence
- algorithm breakthroughs
- humanity
- digital environments
- physical environments
Keywords
- AI systems
- intelligence
- algorithm
- digital environments
- humanity
- breakthroughs
- learning
- planning
- acting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Atlantic, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), University of Montreal, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Stanford University
Places: Davos
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