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# Angstfreude - AI and Corporate Culture - The Thrill and the Threat


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- **Time:** 16:20–16:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 4
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100354-angstfreude-ai-and-corporate-culture-the-thrill-and-the-threat)

## Description

AI delivers in three minutes – and suddenly you’re not sure whether to feel impressed or obsolete. We hired an AI employee named Ada, sent ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to 2035, and compared their view with People & Culture leaders already shaping this transformation. The result is provocative, funny, and uncomfortably familiar. Why is everyone suddenly a manager? Why can measuring culture destroy it? And why might Europe’s biggest weakness become its advantage?

## Speakers

### [Axel Ebert](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@axel-ebert)

wortwelt®
### [Karin Krobath](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@karin-krobath)

Founding Partner of identifire


## Related talks at this congress

- [Creating Europe's AI Moment – Now or Never](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1058-creating-europe-s-ai) — Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Thomas Jarzombek, Thomas Saueressig, Jasper Bennink
- [Inside Mercedes-Benz: 140 Years of Heritage meet AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1043-inside-mercedes-benz) — Daniel Geisel, Jens Petersohn
- [Fireside Chat - Why the future is built on “AND”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1040-fireside-chat-why) — Jürgen Hartwig, Rudi Bauer
- [The Agentic Enterprise: Orchestrating People, AI, and European Sovereignty](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1441-the-agentic) — Sebastian Kister