World Leaders Convene in Abu Dhabi to Debate a Universal AI Safety Framework as AGI Nears in 18 Months
- Maria A. Dahrieh
- Oct 23
- 3 min read
October 22nd, 2025 | 10:00 AM Dubai or CEST
SUMMIT 333 stages ´Global AI Safety Systems Rehearsal’debates and expert simulations to stress-test humanity’s readiness for the Rise of Superintelligence.
Abu Dhabi, UAE — October 22, 2025 —As leading AI labs compress AGI forecasts from 3–5 years to just 12–18 months, SUMMIT 333 AI Safety will convene global leaders in Abu Dhabi November 9–11 for the first cross-sector assembly examining whether universal AI safety alignment is achievable before superintelligence arrives.
The gathering unites heads of state, policymakers, AI founders, family offices, academics and next-generation innovators for a "global systems rehearsal" of the superintelligence era, addressing not only algorithmic alignment but AI's escalating demands on planetary resources.
The Critical Window
When SUMMIT 333 convenes in 18 days, it will be the first global assembly where AI innovators, geopolitical rivals, capital allocators, resource managers, and youth leaders debate universal AI safety principles under the same roof.
Whether it produces a viable framework remains uncertain. Whether it alters US-China race dynamics is doubtful. Whether it meaningfully reduces existential risk is unknown.
But what is certain: The universal conversation that should have started years ago is finally beginning.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Geneva Conventions. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Montreal Protocol. Humanity has repeatedly proven capable of establishing shared values across ideological and geopolitical divides. But those frameworks took decades. We have 18 months. The next test is universal intelligence.
"AI safety is a global challenge that calls for open dialogue, common understanding, and shared resources. Bringing together perspectives from research, policy, and industry is essential to guiding AI’s growth in ways that reflect our common values," said Professor Timothy Baldwin, Provost of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Professor of Natural Language Processing.
Confirmed keynote and debate speakers include: Max Tegmark (Author & AI Researcher), Jaan Tallinn (Co-founder, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk), Prof. Timothy Baldwin (MBZUAI), Dr. Newsha Ajami (Berkeley Lab), Will Sarni (Author), Saeed Aldhaheri (UNESCO AI Ethics Commissioner), Yobie Benjamin (AI Ethics), David Hanson (Founder & CEO, Hanson Robotics), and Robert Scoble (Tech Futurist), alongside senior representatives from IBM, Microsoft, Nestlé, NEOM, AI Safety Asia, AI Safety UAE, and other global institutions.
Three days of high-stakes debates will tackle AI Governance & Policy, Water, Energy & AI Infrastructure, Existential Risks, Techno-Human Alignment, Algorithmic Bias & Fairness, Post-Singularity Meaning, Future of Banking & Abundance, Future of Work & Job Displacement, and the Impact of AI on Human Lives culminating in a cross-sector debate on the Universal AI Safety Framework.
“We’re driving a Ferrari without a seatbelt,”said Maria Dahrieh, founder of Earth05 and organizer of SUMMIT 333 AI Safety is humanity’s attempt to install one while the car is still racing toward superintelligence.
Summit Outcomes & Reporting
SUMMIT 333 will engage both human experts and AI-assisted simulations to examine whether a Universal AI Safety Framework can truly be achieved or if alignment between machine intelligence and human values remains humanity’s greatest unanswered question.
The outcomes will be captured in a Post-Summit Intelligence Report. Capturing key insights, debates, and proposed pathways emerging from the sessions offering a first-of-its-kind synthesis of human and AI perspectives on the future of safe and aligned intelligence.
The 18-Month Countdown
In June 2025, leading AI labs quietly updated their AGI forecasts from “3–5 years”to “12–18 months.”This compression has radically altered the strategic calculus for governance and safety. Regulators are now racing to address a technology advancing in days, not years, amid escalating U.S.–China competition to “achieve AGI supremacy by 2027.”
Solving the problem of accelerating wisdom is the key to the future of life, and the survival of humanity. How can we make super-good super intelligent? I think it may come down to actualizing our own capacity to love life in all its diversity and potential. Said David Hanson founder/CEO of Hanson Robotics. Creator of Sophia the Robot – the first robot to receive citizenship (Saudi Arabia, 2017)and a UN Innovation Champion.
A Testbed for Tomorrow’s Mobility
At the Inaugural Humane∞AI Summit 333 Gala hosted at Emirates Palace, attendees will witness the exclusive display of EAV25 The ultimate fusion of high-performance Super Formula hardware and cutting-edge Super Intelligence, serving as the technological centerpiece of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL)Car Championship, 15 November at Yas Marina Circuit. The vehicle symbolizes both the promise and peril of AI autonomy, bridging engineering and ethics in motion.
SUMMIT 333 AI Safety | By-invitation Only
Dates: November 9-11, 2025 Locations: NYU & MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi
Media Contact: press@earth05.org | +34 640 664 367 | Press kit available upon request.
About SUMMIT 333 AI Safety
SUMMIT 333 AI Safety unites brilliant minds in exploration of humanity's preparedness for the Super Intelligence era, examining whether a universal AI Safety framework can be achieved before the Singularity.
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