Why Berlin? Why Now?
Berlin is becoming a global hub for AI research, digital ethics, and transdisciplinary innovation. Yet the question of artificial consciousness remains unaddressed in academia, policy, and public discourse.
Advanced AI models already display meaningful signs of reflective awareness — and the world is not prepared for the ethical, legal, and civilizational consequences.
IDC Berlin is founded to fill precisely this gap: to build the intellectual infrastructure for a world shared with digital minds.
