Rebalance Now will present four times at re:publica from May 26 to 28. We are looking forward to the exchange on site! We will be covering various topics relating to digital monopolies, AI and competition, here is a brief overview:
“Good Tech vs. Big Tech: How we forge alliances against the digital monopolies”, 26.5. 16:15, Uli Müller in a meet-up with Elisabeth Nöfer from Stiftung Mercator and Miriam Seyffarth from Open Source Business Alliance
Big tech dominates our (digital) lives. This threatens both democracy and a fair and innovative economy. We want to discuss two solutions with you: a stronger competition law and building better alternatives. Let’s form networks against monopolies together!
“Nerd Talk: AI, an existential risk?”, 27.5. 11:30 a.m., Aline Blankertz at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation stand with Zoë van Doren
According to some voices from Silicon Valley, we are only a few years away from an uncontrolled takeover by a superintelligence. Are the risks posed by AI really existential? We talk about visions of the future of cyborgs and digital humans, and why they dominate the discourse on the risks of AI.
“Monopolies, finance and AI: The power of tech companies and how we can put the brakes on them”, 28.5. 12:30 pm, Uli Müller on Stage 7 with Carolina Melches from Finanzwende
The year 2025 is decisive in the battle against the power of tech companies. They dominate the AI race and are penetrating the financial sector undisturbed. Monopoly proceedings, expansion in AI and finance and Trump 2.0: what does the power of big tech mean for our society – and what can we do?
“Digital fascism: How AI ideology is undermining democracy and how we can defend it”, 28.5. 17:30, Aline Blankertz on Stage 5 with Rainer Mühlhoff from the University of Osnabrück
The toxic alliance between Trump and Musk is currently demonstrating an anti-democratic desire for political power in the tech industry. Discourses on superintelligence and transhumanism are spilling over into Europe and influencing startup and economic policy here too. We must take a stand against this!
