April 23rd, 2024 by
Category: Technology and Humanity

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 past century!

I advocate for collaborative innovation focusing on humanity, empathy, and ethics. Discussing the growth of ‘digital intelligence’, I stress the importance of maintaining humanity in design and decision-making, to ensure technological advancements align ethically and further human flourishing.

  • 00:00 The Dawn of a New Era: AI and Beyond
  • 00:07 The Urgency of Change: 2024 and Beyond
  • 00:29 The Four Major Shifts in Technology
  • 08:25 The Future of Jobs in the AI Era
  • 18:40 The Green Revolution: Sustainability and AI
  • 26:53 Human-Machine Symbiosis?
  • 27:47 Exploring the Evolution of User Interfaces
  • 28:13 Showcasing Innovations: AI in Video Creation and Customer Service
  • 29:00 New Dimensions in AI Interaction
  • 31:46 The Future of Work, powered by AI: Enhancing Human Capabilities
  • 32:21 AI’s Impact on Routine Jobs and the Importance of Human Skills
  • 37:09 Navigating the Ethical Landscape of AI and Technology

Author: Gerd Leonhard

In the words of American poet John Berryman, “the possibility that has been overlooked is the future”. Most of us are far too busy coping with present challenges to explore the future in any depth – and when we do our own cravings and fears often run away with us, resulting in utopias or dystopias that are not very helpful in terms of planning and decisions. Today’s professionals, leaders and their organisations need a dedicated, passionate long-term understanding of the future if they are to successfully navigate the exponential waves of change. For countless individuals and organizations that intelligence is called Gerd Leonhard.

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