Blog – Page 224 – Technology vs Humanity: the coming clash of man and machine

Rich and powerful warn robots are coming for your jobs

“Technology has not only done away with low-wage, low-skill jobs, some of the more than 700 speakers said. They cited robots operating trucks in some Australian mines; corporate litigation software replacing employees with advanced degrees who used to sift through thousands of documents prior to trials; and on Wall Street, the automation of jobs previously done by bankers with MBAs or PhDs.”

Rich and powerful warn robots are coming for your jobs
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-employment-milken-robots-idUSKCN0XV02L
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Technology vs Humanity: my new book is coming in late May 2016. For now, watch this short film on #techvshuman.

This film marks the beginning of a new period for me, with much of my future work focusing on the topic of how exponential technological changes are changing what and who we are, as humans, where this is going in the next 15 years, and what we need to do, TODAY, to make sure that these changes will indeed be beneficial to us.

How much do YOU believe in technology? A short video excerpt from my keynote at Global Leadership Summit 2015

This is a short excerpt of my talk on ‘a new relationship of man and machine’ at the Global Leadership Summit / London Business School

Short video interview with StuffNZ: the future of work, jobs, business and technology (Futurist Gerd Leonhard)

Nice short video – thanks to Jason Dorday and StuffNZ for their interest and for making this video available.

A flashback from 2007: the complete FutureTalks DVD is now online: Glen Hiemstra, Ralph Simon, Gerd Leonhard discuss the key future trends

This is the complete 3 hours 30 minutes DVD edition of our 2007 Futuretalks sessions, moderated by Ralph Simon, with my futurist colleague Glen Hiemstra , discussing topics such as the future of media, advertising, privacy and much else. Interesting to note what has actually happened since 2007 and how accurate our foresights were or… weren’t 🙂 … Continue reading "A flashback from 2007: the complete FutureTalks DVD is now online: Glen Hiemstra, Ralph Simon, Gerd Leonhard discuss the key future trends"