Artificial intelligence is dividing society. What is addressed here is not the actual danger posed by deep-fake technologies or the manipulation of opinions. That is a technology-inherent risk that urgently needs answers. What is addressed is the struggle to regulate technology, which calls into question basic social principles such as freedom and equality and the image of man as an autonomous subject. Not only Europe, but large parts of the democratic world are confronting each other as innovation advocates and admonishers.