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- A United Nations Charter for the Digital Age – When machines govern without mandate and humans watch without power, the problem is not technological. It is constitutional.Publication . Borges Gouveia, Luis; Future Group - APDSIThis APDSI presentation (July 2026) argues that the 1945 United Nations Charter is obsolete for a world defined by cross-border autonomous systems and digital flows. It characterizes the current situation as a "constitutional void" rather than just a technological challenge, asserting that 2026 represents a critical "window of opportunity" for global action. The core problem identified is that current AI models are "unfinished business," lacking semantic understanding and causal reasoning. This creates a civilizational danger where the human mind, now seen as critical infrastructure, is threatened by algorithmic manipulation and "algorithmic coloniality"—a concentration of power in the US and China that erodes the cognitive sovereignty of the Global South. Additionally, the digital economy is not immaterial; it is colliding with the planet’s biophysical limits regarding energy, water, and rare minerals. To address this, the APDSI proposes a new global legal framework based on five non-negotiable principles: - Responsibility: Human primacy in all decisions. - Democracy: Legitimacy must prevail over technical efficiency. - Irreversibility: Prohibiting essential technological dependencies that cannot be reversed. - Zero Opacity: The inalienable right to an explanation. - Sovereignty: The right of peoples to determine their own technological governance. Specific proposed articles include protecting Cognitive Sovereignty as an international public good, ensuring Distributive Justice by taxing labor-replacing automation, and prohibiting the use of technological dependency as a weapon. The presentation also lists absolute bans on self-replicating AI, autonomous lethal weapons, and mass biometric surveillance. The implementation strategy involves activating Article 109 of the UN Charter to convene a General Review Conference. Portugal is highlighted as the ideal mediator for this movement, using its "smart power" and relationships with the Global South to ensure human dignity prevails over technocracy.
- Updating the charter of the United Nations in the age of Artificial Intelligence: a civilizational proposal under the aegis of Article 109Publication . Borges Gouveia, Luis; Future Group - APDSIThe APDSI Futures Group proposal (July 2026) advocates for a fundamental revision of the 1945 United Nations Charter to address the "constitutional disruption" caused by Artificial Intelligence. It argues that the original Charter, designed for a world of physical borders and sovereign nation-states, is inadequate for a 2026 reality dominated by autonomous cross-border systems operating in a legal vacuum. A central concept of the proposal is Cognitive Sovereignty, which defines the human mind as "critical infrastructure" and an international public good that must be protected from algorithmic manipulation and political microsegmentation. The document identifies a critical triad—Information, AI, and Energy—noting that AI governance is inseparable from environmental limits, such as the water and carbon footprints of data centers. It specifically warns against "algorithmic coloniality," where a technological oligopoly imposes Anglo-Saxon worldviews and exploits the Global South's resources and cognitive labor. The APDSI framework proposes eight founding principles to be integrated into a new Charter, including: - Primacy of Human Responsibility: Ensuring humans remain ultimately liable for autonomous decisions. - Democracy over Efficiency: Preventing technical efficiency from bypassing democratic scrutiny. - Irreversibility: Prohibiting technological adoptions that create essential dependencies without a "reverse gear". - Economic Justice: Taxing AI systems that replace human labor to fund social protection. The proposal establishes non-derogable prohibitions against self-replicating AI, autonomous lethal weapons without human oversight, and mass biometric surveillance. To implement these reforms, the group advocates for activating Article 109 of the UN Charter to convene a General Review Conference. Portugal is positioned as a vital mediator in this process, leveraging its "smart power" and ties to the Global South to bridge the gap between technological superpowers and developing nations.