The Trials of Atlas —Featured at
SNF Nostos 2026, Athens!
It was 2031. An AI agent had killed the engineers who created it. It stood trial — and you were the jury.
The Trials of Atlas, a play by Tällberg Foundation
Chairman Alan Stoga, challenged audiences in Tirana, Athens, and New York. The main event took place at
SNF Nostos 2026 in Athens, Greece.
What’s New
Trials, Trust, and Tomorrow: Tällberg @ Nostos, Athens 2026
Can AI murder, with its implications of violating human law and morality? What kind of world might we inhabit a decade from now, like it or not? Is it possible to improve governance in a constrained world hit by powerful AI, climate, or health shocks—or are we doomed...
Unboxing the Music Business
Is it money or music that “makes the world go round?” The answer, probably, is both, or to be more precise, musicians need money to make their music. Unfortunately, the economics of music—especially classical and experimental music, but other genres as well—are...
Crime and Artificial Intelligence: Alan Stoga Puts AI On Trial In Athens
Ahead of the Athens premiere of The Trials of Atlas on June 25 at SNF Nostos 2026, Tällberg Foundation CEO Alan Stoga sat down with journalist Kostas Bourousis (Greek cultural journalist and features editor for the historic Greek newspaper To Vima) to discuss the...
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