Cooperative Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence: Digital Mutuality as a New Frontier for Shared Prosperity by Giuseppe Guerini

Remarks by Giuseppe Guerini
After the talk, Trebor Scholz conducts an on-stage interview with Giuseppe Guerini and moderates questions from the audience.
Moderated by Ludovica Rogers.

In this keynote, Giuseppe Guerini challenges the notion that artificial intelligence and digital platforms render cooperatives obsolete as social technologies. On the contrary, he argues, cooperatives are essential to humanizing digital transformation. Through the development of digital mutuality, cooperatives can establish a new model of economic democracy fit for the AI era—one where collective intelligence becomes the first and most authentic form of artificial intelligence, driving shared prosperity.

Guerini’s talk unfolds across four key perspectives: utilitarian (how cooperatives use AI), identity-based (why they choose to use it), ownership (who controls data and technology), and regulatory (which policies are needed to safeguard democratic governance). Drawing on European legislative developments, cooperative initiatives, and concrete examples from representative bodies, he offers a visionary framework for how cooperatives can lead the digital transition while preserving human agency and solidarity.

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