Mexico · Americas Bridge
On October 21, 2026, Prof. Craig Warren Smith delivers a keynote lecture at UNAM — opening a dialogue on how the AI Middle Way, a sovereign and culturally rooted approach to AI governance, could take shape in Mexico and across the Americas.
Mexico sits at the intersection of North and South America — a USMCA member that is also the gateway to 650 million Latin Americans. Its tianguis market tradition, predating the Aztec empire, is the world's most sophisticated informal economy infrastructure, ready for cooperative digital formalization. Mexico could demonstrate that a Latin American sovereign AI framework — rooted in cultural protection, geopolitical neutrality, and resilient governance — is possible.
The October 21 lecture takes place at UNAM in Mexico City, hosted by Dr. Luis Josué Lugo Sánchez, researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades (CEIICH).
Prof. Craig Warren Smith delivers his first lecture at UNAM, in Mexico City.
"El Camino Intermedio de la Inteligencia Artificial: Soberanía, Cultura y Gobernanza en México"
An introduction to the AI Middle Way framework and to the experience of Thailand and Indonesia, offered as a starting point for dialogue with Mexican colleagues.
The tianguis tradition and Oaxaca's artisanal economy — living examples of cooperative formalization that AI can strengthen rather than displace.
USMCA membership gives Mexico unique leverage with the US, while its Latin American identity opens a sovereign data privacy framework for the region.
Adapting Colombia's resilience playbook against organized crime to build forensic auditing, whistleblower protection, and decentralized oversight at the provincial level.
The Bangkok and Jakarta Declarations were signed in 2026. Mexico is not yet a member of the AI Middle Way Coalition — here the path is just beginning. The October 21 lecture at UNAM opens a dialogue, and any next step will be defined together with Mexican colleagues and institutions.