DAVOS, Switzerland – The Swiss AI Academy has launched a new framework to address concerns over the impact of artificial intelligence on human judgment and capability. The Bionic Context Protocol (BCP) was announced during an independent event alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
According to Shaje Ganny, co-founder of Swiss AI Academy, “How you use AI matters as much as whether you use AI. When people passively accept AI outputs, capabilities degrade. When AI is designed to keep humans thinking and challenging, capabilities strengthen.”
The BCP is a 14-principle framework that aims to prevent the erosion of human judgment and capability as AI becomes more prevalent in societies worldwide. It addresses the issue of AI adoption outpacing governance and human capability safeguards.
Research from the MIT Media Lab in 2025 showed that people who relied on AI writing tools were less able to recall their own work and had weaker brain connectivity, a phenomenon known as “cognitive debt.” The BCP is designed to unify fragmented efforts into a practical and globally applicable framework.
The protocol is built on four decades of automation research from safety-critical industries such as aviation and healthcare. It operates at three levels: individual, organizational, and societal, to protect personal agency and independent thinking, ensure human needs are not subordinated to efficiency metrics, and preserve the capacity of communities to shape their collective future.
The BCP also distinguishes between capability evolution, where skills are intentionally chosen to be developed or retired, and capability erosion, where skills disappear unintentionally due to systems optimized for speed or cost.
The Swiss AI Academy is currently seeking contributors for five workstreams focusing on governance architecture, evidence synthesis, implementation tools, measurement systems, and sector-specific applications. The full framework and contributor registration can be found at bcporg.info.
“We need researchers, practitioners, educators, and policymakers who understand what is at stake,” Ganny emphasized.
The Swiss AI Academy, based in Geneva, aims to build practical AI fluency and responsible adoption capability for non-technical and leadership audiences. Along with stewarding the BCP, the Academy coordinates international workstreams to develop governance, research, implementation, and measurement resources for human-centric AI adoption.
Media Contact:
Shaje Ganny
Co-Founder, Swiss AI Academy
shaje@swissaiacademy.org
bcporg.info
