Name: AI-Enabled Coups
Start: 2025-08-20T17:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-20T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Vasa, Chalmers

Could powerful AI systems, surpassing human experts in domains like weapons development, strategic planning, and cyber offence, be used to stage a coup?
This is explored by Forethought in their [article on AI-Enabled Coups](https://www.forethought.org/research/ai-enabled-coups-how-a-small-group-could-use-ai-to-seize-power), which identifies three significant risk factors:

* An AI workforce could be made *singularly loyal* to institutional leaders.
* AI could have hard-to-detect *secret loyalties*.
* A few people could gain *exclusive access* to coup-enabling AI capabilities.

Join us to discuss implications and mitigations for these risk factors in our next meetup!

📅 **Date & Time**: Wednesday August 20, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 **Location**: Vera Sandbergs Allé 8, Room Vasa-L7
**📖 Preparation:** Please read the [AI-Enabled Coups article](https://www.forethought.org/research/ai-enabled-coups-how-a-small-group-could-use-ai-to-seize-power) beforehand. If you can’t finish it, feel free to just read the summary and still join us!
🍿 **Register 24 hours in advance** for refreshments, but feel free to come even without registration.

See you there!

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