Much like the long-awaited arrival of summer after winter or peace after war, each edition of the Conferences for All series is eagerly anticipated at the University for All. Offering a unique space for dialogue, discovery and convivial exchange, the series continues under the patronage of Lebanon’s Minister of Culture, Mr. Ghassan Salamé. At the crossroads of knowledge, self-discovery and a deeper understanding of the world, these conferences are free and open to everyone, just as Professor Roland Tomb, Director of the University for All, intended.

Held on May 12, 2026, the conference “Preserving Human Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” drew an audience of over 150 participants keen to hear Mrs. Nada Moghaizel-Nasr, one of the most distinguished figures of Saint Joseph University of Beirut, an exceptional woman, Honorary Dean, educator, writer and thinker. Above all, she is a woman of great elegance, intellectual depth, an attentive listener, and a person of remarkable humility.

Welcoming Mrs. Moghaizel-Nasr to the stage, Professor Roland Tomb admitted that the rise of artificial intelligence leaves him both fascinated and unsettled. “We are still experiencing only the birth of AI. From the perspective of evolution, what will it become in 10, 20, 50 or even 100 years? It took millions of years for human intelligence to evolve, from the first primates to Homo sapiens. This means that any conversation about artificial intelligence is inevitably a conversation about the present moment. The AI of 2026 is drastically different from that of 2020, and it will be just as different from the AI of 2032.”

Mrs. Moghaizel-Nasr shared her reflections on the topic with a large audience of professionals, researchers, educators and students. She argued that, if we want artificial intelligence not to replace our own intelligence, we must identify the elements that constitute our uniqueness and create the conditions necessary to preserve them, while benefiting from the vast potential of AI. Her lecture, enriched by numerous references and insights, focused on these two dimensions.

These reflections sparked a lively discussion, which Mrs. Moghaizel-Nasr concluded with a powerful reminder: “The choice is ours. Let us make the most of the tremendous potential of artificial intelligence in the service of a more human world.”

The May 12 conference marks the start of a series of future lectures dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence does not replace our own intelligence, that black screens do not replace human connections, that smiles are not reduced to emojis, and that the human voice remains powerful, irreplaceable and unique.

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