Category: automation
Exciting new film: Gerd Leonhard and Telia Finland present: At the heart of intelligence
A really different and entertaining film on the future of data, AI and man-machine relationships; filmed at the brand-new TELIA FINLAND data center. Check it out !
We need to talk about AI! A new short-film by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: the essential stuff you need to know about artificial intelligence
Here is my latest short film (the others are here) outlining my views on my #1 speaking topic: humans versus/with machines, artificial intelligence and the future of humanity in a world where machines can hear, see, speak, learn and ‘think’. On the one hand, artificial intelligence (AI) clearly has the capacity ...
New Podcast: riveting audio conversation with Futurists Calum Chace and Gerd Leonhard: AI, the Singularity, the Future of Humans and Machines
Calum Chace and me don’t agree on many issues – I’m a humanist and Calum is a science fiction writer and AI advocate. Having said that I really love talking to him, debating these replay mind-boggling issues with him. Listen to this podcast or download it for later. I think ...
Futurist Gerd Leonhard Talk at Dutch Future Society: technology and humanity, the next 10 years (NEW VIDEO, AUDIO)
That was a great event! Here is my slide-deck as promised:) Creative Commons license applies, as always. Be sure to subscribe to my Youtube channel. Technology humanity Dutch Future Society Amsterdam Gerd Leonhard Futurist Speaker 25MB PDF Check out my ‘new’ book Technology vs Humanity DFS presents in collaboration with FreedomLab: Futurist Gerd Leonhard ...
You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think (a rather dark view but… worth reading), via MotherJones
“Until we figure out how to fairly distribute the fruits of robot labor, it will be an era of mass joblessness and mass poverty.” You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/you-will-lose-your-job-to-a-robot-and-sooner-than-you-think/ via Instapaper
The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart (Via Scott Santens)
“What should be immediately apparent is that as the number of oil rigs declined due to falling oil prices, so did the number of workers the oil industry employed. But when the number of oil rigs began to rebound, the number of workers employed didn’t. That observation itself should be ...
New video: the best moments from Gerd Leonhard’s 2017 keynotes and presentations, all in one clip (AI, TechvsHuman, Digital Transformation ++)
I am delighted to announce the publication of a new short film featuring the best moments from over 100 keynotes during the past 2 years (mostly from 2017), covering my key topics such as the global brain, exponential change, the megashifts, digital transformation, technology vs humanity (and of course, my new ...
We’re spending so much time trying to become robots that we’re forgetting how to be human (Scott Hartley via qz.com)
Totally my topic 😉 “The drumbeat of science, technology, engineering, and math has picked up tempo, but a crisis of culture has emerged from its cadence. As we embark ever more aggressively on the path to master machines, we are forgetting the very foundations of what it means to be human.” We’re ...
Beyond business as usual: the Internet of Things, AI, Technology vs Humanity? Full-length video of my keynote at IoT World Forum in London
Thanks to the Internet Talent Consortium and Cisco for making this video available – I think it’s one of the best talks I have ever given on the topic of Technology vs Humanity, the IoT and AI. Visit the event website for all of the other presentations held on that ...
