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
The Trials of Atlas Heads to Baltimore and Washington, DC
Atlas, the AI agent accused of killing its creators, is back on trial. After performances in Tirana, Athens and New York, and its premiere at SNF Nostos 2026, Alan Stoga’s interactive courtroom drama travels to Baltimore and Washington this November. As always, the...
Covering the Last Mile / Aniket Doegar
One of the biggest challenges ordinary citizens face is the distance between policy and their everyday lives. The digitalization of almost everything complicates the problem, not least because of the so-called digital divide, which is arguably widening dramatically as...
The Trials Of Atlas: A Play For Our Times
What happens when an AI kills, and who decides whether it’s murder? In The Trials of Atlas, written by Tällberg Foundation Chairman Alan Stoga, the year is 2031 and an advanced agentic AI system has caused the deaths of the three engineers who built it after being...
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