Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska, Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI at Kozminski University, hosts a new podcast, Znam przyszłość (Polish for “I Know the Future”). In her series on Polska Press Group’s ZNAM channel, she speaks with guests about the social implications of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
New technologies are having an increasing impact on national security, the economy and social relationships. In Znam przyszłość, Prof. Przegalińska explores these changes with guests from different fields and professional backgrounds. The programme examines applications of AI alongside questions about who shapes its development, what limits should be placed on it and who bears responsibility for the consequences of its use.
How AI is reshaping power, society and human identity
The series opens with a conversation with General Rajmund Andrzejczak, former Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces. A discussion of military applications of AI and autonomous systems raises questions about the future of armed conflict, the human role on the battlefield and responsibility for decisions made with the support of technology.
Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs, offers a government perspective. The conversation on Poland’s technological sovereignty, cybersecurity and efforts to counter disinformation also explores the scope for regulating the largest technology companies. Prof. Przegalińska asks what tools public authorities have at their disposal in their dealings with global platforms.
Subsequent episodes broaden the discussion to include religion and geopolitics. With philosopher and commentator Tomasz Terlikowski, the host explores how the development of AI affects our understanding of humanity, relationships and death. Their conversation addresses the role of technology in religious life, the ethical limits of creating digital simulations of people who have died, and how the Church might respond to a hypothetical conscious AI.
Prof. Przegalińska returns to questions of power and control over technology in her conversation with Marek Magierowski, Poland’s former ambassador to the United States and Israel. They examine the political influence of the largest technology companies, competition between the US and China for leadership in AI, and Europe’s position in this race. They also consider how deepfakes and disinformation undermine trust in information and democratic institutions.
Aleksandra Przegalińska: exploring human–AI collaboration
Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska is a philosopher, AI researcher and Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI at Kozminski University. She heads the HUMANRACE Research Center and is a member of the Department of Management in Networked and Digital Societies. Her research examines the relationship between people and technology, with a particular focus on human–AI collaboration and the changes that new tools bring to organisations and the workplace. Her interests also include social robots, the ethical aspects of chatbots and wearable technologies.
She earned her PhD in the philosophy of artificial intelligence at the University of Warsaw and is a graduate of The New School for Social Research in New York. Between 2016 and 2019, she conducted research at the Center for Collective Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She currently works with the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, focusing on AI, robots and the future of work. In 2026, she was awarded the title of professor in social sciences, in the discipline of management and quality studies.
She is the author and co-author of academic publications and books on the social implications of technological development. With Prof. Dariusz Jemielniak, she co-authored Collaborative Society, published by MIT Press. Together with Tamilla Triantoro, she wrote Converging Minds: The Creative Potential of Collaborative AI, a book exploring collaboration between people and artificial intelligence. In Znam przyszłość, she brings questions closely connected to her research to a wider audience through conversation.
The published episodes are available on Polska Press Group’s ZNAM YouTube channel.
