AI and Agency: As Developers, We Decide The Future

Tadas Korris

AI systems are not neutral; they encode values that are opaque and separate from people. As developers, we are making decisions that shape who has power, who is surveilled, who is replaced, and who gets a voice, often without intending to. This talk frames AI ethics as a software engineering problem, not just a philosophical one. We’ll examine how everyday technical choices can unintentionally reinforce authoritarian tendencies around disinformation, manipulation, and harmful automated decision making.