Secretary General Michele Capasso and other members of the United States of the World launched, in connection with Gaza, yet another appeal for a truce and for respect for the lives of civilians who are dying of hunger and thirst. On this occasion, the 1981 end-of-year speech by the then President of the Republic Sandro Pertini was recalled, who wisely anticipated the "Two Peoples in Two States" solution, as well as the writings of lawyer Gerardo Marotta in defence of the Palestinian people written at the headquarters of the United States of the World in April 2013.
A SUM delegation attended the event. Following the success of the 2022 and 2023 editions, this year Class Editori and Class Cnbc once again called together the most important exponents on Artificial Intelligence, for a discussion on the development prospects of an engine of progress that has now come to the attention of the world. Through national and international speakers, the 'States General of Artificial Intelligence 2024' gave space to the most topical and burning aspects of the 'generative and multimodal revolution', including governance, fake news, copyright, ethics, privacy and new skills. Practical applications on the use of Artificial Intelligence tools were of great importance this year, thanks to the testimonies of the best companies from the most dynamic sectors that have already been able to build the winning models and solutions of the future. The themes of the event:
Regulation and regulation beyond the AI Act
AI and geopolitics: political-institutional strategies and policy actions
Fake news, copyright protection and the future of media
AI Visions: how businesses are facing the challenges of AI
New skills for new professions: the role of education and training
Success stories: practical applications of AI in various business sectors, including Manufacturing, Banking & Finance, IT & Space, Energy and Healthcare.
Secretary General Prof. Michele Capasso warned of the unknowns and risks of AI for the whole of humanity if it is not managed as a 'common good' at the service of all and not as a new opportunity to 'imprison' human intelligence by enslaving it to new global economic and power systems.
The United States of the World expressed its condemnation of the attack that Tehran launched against Israel: an attack with dozens of drones and missiles, some of which were intercepted over the skies of Jordan and Syria. "Without a halt to the conflict in Gaza, the Middle East risks exploding," said Secretary-General Michele Capasso.
On the occasion of the meeting of the Council of Ambassadors and the Board of Directors of the "United States of the World" held in Naples and Rome, Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso proposed the screening of the film "Un mondo a parte" by Riccardo Milani, starring Antonio Albanese and Virginia Raffaele and, especially, the inhabitants of Pescasseroli and other countries in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. Secretary General Capasso expressed - together with the members of the association - his appreciation for the film, reinforced by his familiarity for over 55 years with those places and, in particular, the town of Pescasseroli. "Attention to small villages such as 'Mondo a parte' is important in this difficult moment in history because it is possible to combine integration of migrants with development of inland areas": these were the conclusions, together with the proposal to award the prestigious "Mediterranean Cinema Award" of the United States of the World to all the protagonists and authors of the film work, also in consideration of the fact that Pescasseroli, Opi and the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park are part of the "United States of the World" and one of the first works of the "Totem for Peace" was made precisely in Pescasseroli. A special thought was addressed to Tiziano Gentile, "actor" in the film but valuable collaborator in the construction of the "Totem for Peace" in Pescasseroli in 2010.
Franco Rol - distant cousin, witness and main extraordinary biographer of Gustavo Adolfo Rol (inspirer of the United States of the World) - with great generosity has made 4 full-bodied volumes on a fundamental phase of Gustavo Adolfo Rol's life available for all to read online. At the same time, he has made them available in a broader horizon, which also includes the controversy on the existence or non-existence of the so-called paranormal phenomena, on which there has been a debate for centuries without there still being an effective and accepted scientific demonstration. It took 4 volumes of over 1,800 pages in total, in addition to the 2,700 of the previous 6 (the first 3 on Rol's phenomenology classified and commented, the other 3 on mainly unpublished or little-known texts and writings and contextual analysis, from the 1940s to 1977). These new volumes collect a huge amount of unpublished information and analysis, documentary material on Rol and not only. They also analyse the genesis of the myth, because it is a myth, of "magic Turin", which no one has previously studied carefully and which arose at the beginning of the 1970s on the wave of the parapsychology and paranormal boom following the participation of Massimo Inardi, who had met Rol and held him in great esteem, in Mike Bongiorno's "Rischiatutto". In the intentions of the author and writer Franco Rol, these volumes will be a first great tombstone on the sepulchre of the sceptics, or rather, of the sceptic-negationists, with a CRITICISM TO CRITICISM not on the level of faith or belief, but on that of reason and a correct investigative and ultimately scientific approach. The "Rol case" represents a formidable paradigm at the precise point of convergence between science and religion, reason and intuition, intellect and heart.
