Confronting AI-Driven Zersetzung
Late 2026 · By Invitation
Purpose
The systematic psychological decomposition of individuals — pioneered by the Stasi as Zersetzung, and judged criminal by history — is becoming scalable through artificial intelligence. Existing international law arguably already prohibits it. Until the line is drawn explicitly, enforcement is impossible and proliferation continues unchecked.
The First Psychosecurity Summit convenes an invited circle of practitioners, researchers, legal scholars, and policy specialists to draw that line: a shared vocabulary distinguishing legitimate influence from psychological decomposition, and a signable declaration grounding AI-driven Zersetzung in existing international law.
Output
The summit works from prepared drafts toward six adopted elements:
Classifying cognitive operations, from legitimate influence to prohibited decomposition.
A graduated scale of operational acceptability with internal safeguards.
When cognitive attack merits state-level response.
Evidence standards for identifying and answering cognitive attacks.
Keeping commercial AI capabilities from becoming cognitive weapons.
A signable statement grounding AI-driven Zersetzung in existing international law.
Method
The summit is held under the Chatham House Rule, with a clear protocol separating what is said (never attributed), what is produced (attributable only to the summit collectively), and who endorses it (a separate, deliberate act after the event, through each participant's own channels).
Adoption in the room is ad referendum: the session agrees text, and signatures follow. The framework and declaration will then be published for wider endorsement, with a public launch event to follow.
The summit is organised by EURAIO, the European AI & Robotics Organisation, a responsible-AI non-profit, and funded by the Survival and Flourishing Fund. There is no cost to participants or their organisations.
Participation
Every seat is selected for a specific contribution. If you believe your expertise belongs in the room — or you wish to support the initiative with introductions, resources, or endorsement — we would be glad to hear from you.
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