{"id":124813,"date":"2026-05-07T18:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/greece-birthplace-of-democracy-wants-to-put-humanity-ahead-of-ai-in-updated-constitution\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:21:30","slug":"greece-birthplace-of-democracy-wants-to-put-humanity-ahead-of-ai-in-updated-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/greece-birthplace-of-democracy-wants-to-put-humanity-ahead-of-ai-in-updated-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece, birthplace of democracy, wants to put humanity ahead of AI in updated constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">Athens, Greece &#8212; <\/span>Greece is preparing major constitutional changes, including a necessary amendment <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/artificial-intelligence\">artificial intelligence<\/a> Serve human society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the proposed amendments on Thursday, calling them necessary to protect future generations. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/openai-musk-altman-trial-agi-4f8810743d6ef9a72f91f8721a3f4027\">global concerns<\/a> About the risks of AI to democratic governance and humanity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It is very important that, in this process of constitutional amendment, we take care of the world that will host our children,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kyriakos-mitsotakis\">mitsotakis<\/a> told MPs from his ruling centre-right party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The proposed changes would include a provision that says: &#8220;Artificial intelligence will serve the freedom of the individual and the prosperity of society, ensuring that risks are minimized and that the benefits it brings are fully realized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dozens of other changes would include expanding postal voting, increasing compulsory schooling from nine to 11 years and banning retrospective taxation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThese challenges already dominate today: from the climate crisis and the security of water resources to renewable energy sources, but above all the use of artificial intelligence,\u201d the Prime Minister said. &#8220;This great revolution must also be constitutionally placed at the service of individual liberty and social welfare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The lengthy vetting process involves a series of votes by two consecutive parliaments and usually requires some cross-party support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Greece has been eagerly adopting AI and modern technology since emerging from a major financial crisis eight years ago. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-europe-migration-technology-health-c23251bec65ba45205a0851fab07e9b6\">upgradation of border surveillance<\/a> and rebuilding it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kyriakos-mitsotakis\">tax administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A powerful government services platform now manages everything from getting a divorce to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greek-soccer-security-tickets-violence-b09444fb0020297618143bfa078fc1de\">buy tickets<\/a> For home football matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Last month, the government unveiled a plan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/social-media-ban-kids-greece-france-a99b03b314bc2bcf223a39fe545949ef\">Complete social media ban<\/a> The move was intended to put pressure on the EU to adopt similar rules \u2013 for children under 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some constitutional experts in Greece argue that AI should be legally required to serve democracy because major private technology platforms now have enough data and power to operate beyond effective public oversight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Euripides Stylianidis, the government&#8217;s lead lawmaker on constitutional amendments, said the changes would serve as long-term guardrails on the use of AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">\u201cMany issues today are defined internationally,\u201d he told state radio on Thursday. \u201cThe protection and proper use of artificial intelligence touches all human rights in daily life and is something that should concern us in a constitutional amendment.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athens, Greece &#8212; Greece is preparing major constitutional changes, including a necessary amendment artificial intelligence Serve human society. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the proposed amendments on Thursday, calling them necessary to protect future generations. global concerns About the risks of AI to democratic governance and humanity. &#8220;It is very important that, in this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[190,29202,3694,688,3358,7061,6734,1939],"class_list":{"0":"post-124813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-ahead","9":"tag-birthplace","10":"tag-constitution","11":"tag-democracy","12":"tag-greece","13":"tag-humanity","14":"tag-put","15":"tag-updated"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124817,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124813\/revisions\/124817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}