06/10/2026
AI for Humanity: Navigating the Great Societal Challenges of the AI Age
Keynote by Dr. Sanjay Pradhan | President, World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB)
Artificial Intelligence presents humanity with an extraordinary paradox. It has the potential to transform education, healthcare, agriculture, and economic opportunity — but it also poses profound risks to jobs, democracy, privacy, and human agency.
In this keynote delivered in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dr. Sanjay Pradhan explores one of the defining questions of our age:
Will AI serve humanity — or will humanity become the servant of its own creation?
Speaking to an audience of over 300 leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, and youth, he presents WFEB's AI for Humanity framework, built around three priorities:
Elevating Human Potential
Protecting Humans from Harm
Preserving Human Agency
The talk draws on Nepal's own AI innovations — including WiseAI, a conversational AI platform already serving rural women in Nepali and Maithili on basic phones — to show what human-centered AI looks like in practice, and why Nepal has a unique opportunity to become a leader in ethical, human-centered AI.
The future of AI is ultimately a human story. Whether AI becomes humanity's greatest opportunity or one of its greatest risks will depend not on technology — but on the wisdom, values, and leadership with which we choose to guide it.
Organized by Corporate Programs Art of Living Nepal in collaboration with WFEB, NBI, and Nepal Lifetime Experiences.
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