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While super-intelligent machines are being developed, humans are at risk of becoming super-stupid – Is this by design?
AI is now essentially a "digital enclave" of millions of synthetic citizens, each smarter than any Nobel-prize winner, thinking 100 times faster than us -...
05
Apr 2026
Androrithms – One of Gerd Leonhard’s key memes
Even ChatGPT has something to say about it:) “Gerd Leonhard's concept of “Androrithms“ (a blend of “Andro” = human and “Algorithms”) is a term he...
19
Feb 2025
Machine Thinking, Reductionism, Androrithms and AI: An AI-made podcast about my work (Google Notebook LM)
Here's a briefing document summarising the key themes and ideas from the provided sources, with direct quotes where relevant. Briefing Document: The Existential Importance of...
17
Feb 2025
Marc Andreessen’s “Why AI Will Save the World”: A Reductionist, Self-Serving Ode to Singularity
I'm super-worried after reading Marc Andreessen's latest piece (June 6, 2023) on AI and how it will SAVE THE WORLD. Marc is one of the...
19
Jun 2023
Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s take on the Metaverse / Metaperverse (new video): Heaven or Hell?
and experiences with AI-powered technological simulations become the biggest business opportunity ever? Will we stop bothering with a complicated, confusing and often exhausting reality when...
28
Nov 2021
Video, slides and audio from my keynote “Own the Future”, at the European Liberal Forum March 10 2021
Now Live on YouTube! This is one of my best keynotes on the Covid-19 “Infodemic” and what it means for the future of (social) media...
16
Mar 2021
7 short videos on resilience and agility in the with/post covid world (Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
Covid-19 has changed and continues to change everything. And the speed of change and innovation is only accelerating. For businesses to successfully navigate these massive...
28
Nov 2020
Here is my recent TedX Modena talk: Heaven or Hell – the future is our choice!
We're at a fork in the history of humanity. The next ten years will make or break humanity's future. It could be heaven or it...
21
Oct 2020
New video of my virtual Keynote at Brazil Futures Summit: our future with/post Corona
This is part 1 of my virtual keynote at the Brazil Futures Summit on June 19, 2020, showcasing my new virtual keynote style with immersive...
25
Jun 2020
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary (wo)men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary (wo)man” Elbert Hubbard #futureofwork
This is the Future of Work. ... Read more
12
Jun 2020
Here are the videos, audio, images and polls from our live debate: Humanist vs Transhumanist
Read more about this event here. My Futures Agency colleague and fellow futurist Calum Chace disagrees with me on many of my core messages on topics such...
24
Apr 2020
New film: The Great Transformation: Futurist Gerd Leonhard on how #covid19 will impact our immediate future
New film: The Great Transformation: Futurist Gerd Leonhard on how #covid19 will impact our immediate future
02
Apr 2020
Video and slides of presentation at GESS 2020 Dubai: Education, Work and the Future of Jobs #techvshuman
Technology & Humanity, Jobs, Work and the Future of Education: the next 10 years: Our world will change more in the next 10 years than...
25
Feb 2020
In 2020, will global ‘techlash’ move from words to action? Good read via Politico
“Officials across the EU and North America are finally realizing that just as tech companies are breaking down barriers between various industries, so too must...
09
Feb 2020
Douglas Rushkoff’s must-read on ‘technology out of control’ – couldn’t have said it better myself!
"The next decade will determine whether we human beings have what it takes to rise to the occasion of our own, imposed obsolescence"
11
Jan 2020
A key paradigm in my work as a Futurist: Practical Wisdom
People learn how to be brave, said Aristotle, by doing brave things. So, too, with honesty, justice, loyalty, caring, listening, and counselling
10
Jan 2020
USEFUL HUMANS: Gerd Leonhard on the future of work, jobs, education and training
This article accompanies today's release of my new film “How the Future Works”. First, I’ll show what’s happening right now, and why I think it’s...
