Category: Technology and Humanity
New Gerd Leonhard keynote: The Good Future: The doors aren’t closing – they’re opening!
Here is my entire keynote from Emerson Exchange EMEA 2024. Thank you to EMERSON for inviting me and for making this video available. In this talk, I delve into the profound impacts of exponential technologies such as AI, quantum computing, and synthetic biology. We will see more change in the next decade than in the ... Read more
New keynote video: Navigating the Future – A Blueprint for Technology and Humanity (IBM Tech 2024 Dubai)
In this hard-hitting presentation at IBM's Tech Recognition event in Dubai, March 5 & 6, 2024, I talked about the critical importance of optimism about the future, not because we have less problems, but because our enhanced capabilities to solve them through technological innovation AND the right policies and ethical frameworks. (View or download this ... Read more
Why and how the future is better than we think! – Gerd Leonhard’s entire keynote at GTDC Summit in Noordwijk, NL, June 2023
GTDC 2023 In this wide-ranging talk, I discuss the future of IT, including artificial intelligence, and how organizations can leverage the power of technology for the greater good. 00:00 – Introduction 02:04 – The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years 06:18 – The future is no longer an extension ... Read more
Gerd Leonhard on The Good Future: Technology & Humanity – June 2023 TEDx Talk in Cluj, Romania: Dubbed in 4 languages!
This is an edited version of my June 10, 2023, TEDx talk in Cluj, Romania, with much improved sound and various oohs and ahs removed using the amazing @Descript app.
New video: Gerd’s keynote on The Good Future – AI and HI, at Capgemini’s Spark 2023 Event in California
In this super-wide screen presentation (I call this the super keynote format), I make my argument about why the future is better than we think, and how we can get there
Some pretty interesting DallE-3 images …about the future
Generated with ChatGPT Pro, using Dalle3 option. Below: A connected world, post singularity, NYC Below: Post-singularity, AI-based world, New York City Below: 2030 New York City, AI guides the world Below: 2040 world run by AI, Tyrell corporation-like Below: NYC 2040, OpenAI (not spelling!!) is the new Tyrell? same idea:) My fav: The Future of ... Read more
Cluster Day Barcelona 21 September 2023: Leadership for the Good Future (via Catalonia.com)
Leadership and talent are crucial elements for business success. The latest edition of Cluster Day Barcelona 2023, held on September 21 at the World Trade Center, highlights the figure of the leader and featured Gerd Leonhard, an expert in effective leadership and CEO of The Futures Agency. Read more via Catalonia.com Watch Gerd's latest film, LookUpNow (on AI and ... Read more
The Future of Work and Jobs, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence. The World by 2030: Season 2, Episode #5
Produced by Futurists Gerd Leonhard and Anton Musgrave “If you work like a robot, a robot will take your job” In season 2, episode #5, Anton and I explore what the future of work, jobs, training, education and the impact of artificial intelligence might look like by 2030. Meanwhile, Anton asks: “How do we play […]
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NEW: Some of my videos are now available dubbed in Spanish, Portuguese and German. More languages coming soon!
Here are colección de doblajes españoles and Colecções de dublagens portuguesas Many of my clients, fans, and friends have asked, “Gerd, why don't you have any videos dubbed in different languages”? My faithful viewers (thank you very much, by the way), already know that just about all of my YouTube videos are subtitled in many […]
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AI: Good or Bad for Humanity? New season premier of The World by 2030. Futurists Anton Musgrave and Gerd Leonhard.
We are back for season 2! Previous shows are here. Watch our short Trailer 4: The World by 2030 featuring Anton Musgrave and me. Please join us on Sept 6th, 2023, at 5 pm CET | 8 am PST for the YouTube premiere of Season 2, and the new live show #worldby2030 on AI: Good […]
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Nice interview and review of my book “Technology vs Humanity” by GetAbstract (in German)
Read this on GetAbstract (in German). More about my book (all languages). Amazon.de
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Global cooperation urgently needed to govern risks of advanced AI, warns new Millennium Project report.
a new report on AGI, by the Millennium Project
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Join me for the premiere of my new film LookUpNow! August 21, 2023, 5pm CET
On Monday August 21st at 5pm CET, 4pm UK, 11 am EST, 8am PST, 7pm Dubai, 8.30 pm India… my new film LookUpNow will premiere here on Youtube. We will watch the film together and answer questions on Youtube as well as on LinkedIn (just click to sign up). The film is 24 minutes long, […]
My new film LookUpNow!
My new film LookUpNow has premiered on Youtube. Here are some useful shortcuts to the key scenes Two futures before us – heaven or hell? Humanity's revolutionary leaps Gerd Leonhard, the optimist, humanist, and futurist AI as the guardian of our planet 2023's Big Bang of AI Who is mission control for humanity before AI […]
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Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s latest newsletter (July 24, 2023): All out on AI, and the trailer for my new film: Look Up Now!
Greetings dear subscribers, friends, clients and colleagues! This is a special edition of my newsletter, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT / GenAI. I hope you enjoy it… and you're having a great summer, as well! I'll be in Zurich, Lanzarote and Brazil for some get-away time as well as for a few speaking gigs […]
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Announcing the launch of TheGerd.AI: Now you can ask Futurist Gerd Leonhard about his work and get instant answers using GerdBot
Stevica and me are really pleased to unveil TheGerd.ai aka GerdBot, a sophisticated web application that leverages cutting-edge AI technologies to facilitate seamless access to my extensive digital archive from the past 12 years.
Towards the Good Future: A powerful new podcast episode with Futurist Gerd Leonhard, for Singularity University
with Steven Parton via The Feedback Loop | Singularity Podcasts “In this episode, Gerd's ideas put forth in his book Technology vs Humanity are explored, with an emphasis on how the humanities are a necessary part of what he calls the “Good Future.” This podcast will take you on a tour of the failings of […]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Work – Gerd Leonhard’s Keynote at Steering Education 2023 in Riga (complete video)
Gerd Leonhard, Heather McGowan, and Elina Hiltunen filled a day with inspiration at the "Steering Education: From Engagement to Empowerment” forum.
Marc Andreessen’s “Why AI Will Save the World”: A Reductionist, Self-Serving Sign-Of-The-Times
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 most influential people in technology, and one of the most powerful investors around the globe… and not a good man to cross swords with. Alas, he has already blocked me […]
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 most influential people in technology, and one of the most powerful investors around the globe… and not a good man to cross swords with. Alas, he has already blocked me […]