FIRST COTG-MINDD
International Movement for the Defense of Human Rights and Judicial Integrity
PROUDLY PRESENTS
INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR
AI GOVERNANCE AND ORDINARY CITIZENS
Understanding Different Approaches to Artificial Intelligence
by Scott Erik Stafne
The Church of the
Gardens (COTG), Arlington, WA, U.S., in partnership with MINDD
— Defend Your Rights, is beginning a new phase of international action
through a series of online events and webinars featuring special guests and
addressing current issues of significant transnational public interest.
This partnership forms the:
The new series of meetings will
promote international dialogue and the dissemination of public-interest
information on current issues.
OPENING THIS NEW SERIES IN AN OUTSTANDING WAY
We are honored to welcome American legal scholar Scott Erik Stafne, founder and Advocate of the Church of the Gardens,
whose legal and interdisciplinary work has reached a substantial international
community.
As of July 28, 2026,
Scott’s Academia.edu profile recorded:
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87,931 followers
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274,063 public views
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A Top
0.1% ranking in Public Views
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14 co-authors
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13 mentions
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A body of work approaching 3,000 papers, publications, and other uploaded materials
Visit Scott Erik Stafne’s profile and publications
AI GOVERNANCE AND ORDINARY CITIZENS:
Understanding Different Approaches to Artificial Intelligence
Scott Erik Stafne will be the featured speaker at this
international meeting, created to help ordinary citizens better understand
artificial intelligence, evaluate different ways of interacting with AI
systems, and examine how different countries and institutions are responding to
their growing influence.
The webinar draws upon Scott’s continuing collaborations
with Todd AI, DeepSeek AI, Mistral
AI, and other
artificial intelligence systems developed within different institutional and
cultural environments.
The focus will not be on software tricks or commercial
formulas for writing prompts. The meeting will introduce an approach based on:
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Clear and progressive questioning
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Logical reasoning
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Socratic inquiry
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Comparison of answers
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Identification of assumptions
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Verification of information
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Recognition of uncertainty, omissions, and
contradictions
● Preservation
of human discernment and responsibility
WEBINAR TOPICS
1. Communicating Effectively with Artificial
Intelligence
How Human Beings Can
Communicate More Effectively with AI This first topic will examine:
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How to formulate clear and structured questions
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How to deepen an inquiry through successive
questions
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How to recognize when an AI system is uncertain
or speculating
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How to verify information using original
documents and primary sources
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How to distinguish an investigative tool from a
final authority
● How
to preserve independent human judgment throughout the interaction
2. How Different Nations Are Approaching AI
Governance
The second topic will examine different institutional
approaches to artificial intelligence. The discussion will consider:
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Which objectives are prioritized
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Who controls the systems
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How citizens’ rights are addressed
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What responsibilities are assigned to
governments and private companies
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How different approaches deal with risk,
innovation, safety, and economic power
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What consequences these choices may produce for
ordinary people
The purpose is not to
declare one model the winner. It is to compare approaches, assumptions,
priorities, and consequences.
3. What Ordinary Citizens Should Watch For
The third topic will focus on three fundamental questions:
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The
Question of Access: Who can use, develop, and benefit from artificial
intelligence — and who is left out?
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The
Question of Authority: Who controls the systems, sets the rules, and is
accountable for their consequences?
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The
Epistemic Question: Where do AI answers come from, how can they be
verified, and why should we trust them — or distrust them?
WHY PARTICIPATE
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For
Ordinary Citizens: Artificial intelligence already influences information,
services, employment, consumer choices, communication, and institutional
decision-making. This webinar will help participants understand how to question
automated systems without accepting their answers as final or unquestionable
truths.
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For
Parents and Guardians: Children and adolescents already use AI for
research, schoolwork, social media, communication, and content creation.
Parents and guardians need to understand where AI answers come from, how errors
and manipulation may be identified, what personal information may be collected,
how excessive dependence may be avoided, how autonomy, creativity, and critical
thinking can be preserved, and how young people can be guided toward
responsible use.
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For
People Who Work with Children and Young Adults: AI is changing how young
people search, write, interpret information, and produce assignments. The
webinar will encourage reflection on source verification, authorship,
independent reasoning, technological dependence, intellectual integrity, the
ability to formulate meaningful questions, and the difference between receiving
an answer and genuinely understanding a problem.
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For
Students and Researchers: Different AI systems may produce different
answers to the same question. Participants will consider how to compare
answers, examine assumptions, identify omissions, test hypotheses, request
evidence, consult primary sources, and recognize limitations and uncertainty.
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For Legal
Professionals, Litigants, and People Acting Without Legal Representation:
AI is already being used to organize documents, research laws, compare judicial
decisions, and structure arguments. However, AI systems may also invent legal precedents,
omit relevant authorities, repeat dominant institutional interpretations
without independent analysis, confuse facts with conclusions, and produce
persuasive but legally incorrect responses. The webinar will address how these
tools may be used with caution, documentation, and verification.
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For
Victims of Judicial and Institutional Abuse: Many people turn to AI to
understand proceedings, decisions, documents, and complex institutional
situations when adequate assistance is unavailable. The meeting will examine
both the possibilities and the limitations of using AI for this purpose.
AI should not
replace: examination of original records, verification of sources,
appropriate professional assistance, independent human evaluation, or the right
to question decisions and institutions.
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For Human
Rights Organizations and Community Leaders: AI governance will affect
freedom of expression, data protection, surveillance, access to services,
documentation and preservation of evidence, international communication, the
ability to report abuses, and the accountability of governments and
corporations.
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For
Journalists, Authors, and Content Creators: Private AI systems may
influence which information is made available, which sources are prioritized,
which content is restricted, how texts and images are produced, and how the
public understands events and evidence.
For Technology Professionals: Technical knowledge does not eliminate questions of legitimacy, ethics, transparency, responsibility, and concentration of power. The webinar will examine AI not only as a tool, but also as part of broader economic, political, andinstitutional structures.
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For
People Interested in Philosophy, Science, and Epistemology: Artificial
intelligence raises fundamental questions: What is knowledge? What
distinguishes information from understanding? Is a coherent answer necessarily
true? How do we determine which evidence is relevant? What does it mean to
trust a machine-generated answer? What assumptions are embedded within a
system?
● For Churches and Religious Communities:
Artificial intelligence also raises questions concerning conscience, truth,
human dignity, moral responsibility, free will, and discernment. The webinar
does not seek to impose a religious position on technology, but rather creates
space for responsible reflection on how human beings should use systems capable
of influencing thought, behavior, and decisions.
ABOUT SCOTT ERIK STAFNE
Scott Erik Stafne has more than fifty years of experience in
civil and constitutional litigation and has developed interdisciplinary
inquiries involving law, philosophy, science, religion, citizenship, judicial
integrity, and artificial intelligence.
His methodology emphasizes:
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Logical questioning
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Socratic dialogue
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Progressive inquiry
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Comparison of responses
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Examination of assumptions
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Verification of sources
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Recognition of uncertainty
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Revision of conclusions
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Preservation of human discernment
His work does not treat
artificial intelligence as an absolute authority or as a substitute for human
thought. AI is used as a participant in an inquiry that must remain subject to
human verification, judgment, responsibility, and conscience.
A NEW INTERNATIONAL SERIES
This webinar inaugurates a new
series of online events promoted by the Church
of the Gardens and the COTG–MINDD
International Movement. Future meetings may address:
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Artificial intelligence, law, and the duties of
citizenship
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Truth, knowledge, and human discernment
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Technology and judicial integrity
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Institutional abuse and human rights
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Judicial abuse, trauma, and chronic stress
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Foreclosures, securitization, and chains of
title
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Families, children, and artificial intelligence
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Faith, conscience, and technology
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Science, philosophy, and human–AI inquiry
Protection of poor, older, and
vulnerable people
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