On 21 June 2026, at the Public Gathering Hall in Seleani, the first meeting with the youth opened on a question that worries as much as it fascinates: will artificial intelligence replace the teacher, the official, the worker?
Replacing fear with four questions
The talk “From Fear to Framework” draws on my research article, published open access in the journal AI and Ethics (Springer Nature): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-026-01111-5. Its central idea: AI does not act alone. It takes its place within institutions, and fear grows where their organisation is vague. Four questions are enough to clarify a situation:
| Dimension | The question |
|---|---|
| Initiative | Who sets the action in motion? |
| Decision scope | What is delegated, and with what consequences? |
| Oversight | Who can review, challenge and reverse? |
| Responsibility | Who answers for it? |
Applied to school, they become very concrete: AI can help pupils practise, but the teacher keeps real authority over assessment, and responsibility stays with the educator, not with the technology provider. This is exactly the spirit of the priority the community later adopted: the tool supports the pupil’s reasoning, it does not replace it.
Talent that only needs a framework
The meeting also honoured the winner of Seleani’s artificial-intelligence contest. Their success shows that talent exists in our towns; it needs a framework to come through.
