Category: Technology and Humanity
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 […]
Join us for The World by 2030, episode 6, with Gerd Leonhard and Anton Musgrave. June 12, 2023!
Episode #6: About Being a Futurist – What we do Many have been asking us, “What does a Futurist do”? “What have we learned in our combined 50 years as Futurists”? “What does it take to become a Futurist”? Gerd Leonhard and Anton Musgrave invite you to join them on June 12, 2023, at 6 […]
Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard at Future Tense 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia, May 11
What is Future Tense? “Future Tense Conference is an internationally awarded B2B conference focusing on the future of business. With Future Tense, we want to build a community of experts and leaders that are oriented toward creating a better future, researching new, exciting trends in business, exchanging knowledge, and developing new skills. With keynote speakers from around the world […]
Paying Ourselves To Decarbonize: Must-read by Kim Stanley Robinson
Paying Ourselves To Decarbonize
As we transition to a green economy, we must compensate petro-states for their lost income. Otherwise, the world economy will collapse like a house of cards
Some of Gerd Leonhard’s recent videos on ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence
Is this the next chapter in the evolution of the web? The moon-landing moment for AI? Or… the Napster Moment? Thanks to the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (specifically Deep Learning), generative models such as Dall-E2 and ChatGPT (both powered by OpenAI) can now produce unique images as well as texts with an uncanny human-like quality, often indistinguishable from what a […]
Join Gerd Leonhard on March 8, 2023 6pm CET. Special livestream event with fellow futurist Peter Leyden: 12 paradigm shifts you need to understand, today.
Join us on March 8, 2023 6pm CET, for a very special livestream event with futurists Gerd Leonhard and Peter Leyden: The 12 paradigm shifts you need to understand, today. More details and optional sign-up via Eventbrite, LinkedIn. I'm really excited about this super-special live stream event with Peter Leyden, scheduled for March 8, 2023, […]
ChatGPT: AI is here, and it’s coming for your job ? (good read by Alex Mitchell)
via New York Post (made me think!) “So promising are ChatGPT's capabilities that Microsoft — amid laying off 10,000 people — has announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment in the revolutionary technology, which is growing smarter by the day. And the rise of machines leaves many well-paid workers vulnerable, experts warn. “AI is replacing the white-collar workers. I don’t […]
Do we need to act to preempt a Generative AI Monopoly? (must read via Diane Coyle, PS)
read more via Project Syndicate “ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the San Francisco-based research laboratory OpenAI, has taken the world by storm. Already hailed as a milestone in the evolution of so-called large language models (LLMs), the world’s most famous generative AI raises important questions about who controls this nascent market and whether these […]
Some funny images of people trying ChatGPT3 (and a video reel of some fake Donald Trump speeches)
trump chatgpt
Join me for a very special GerdTalks live-stream show on ChatGPT January 30, 2023!
NOTE: This announcement text was actually written by ChatGPT, as well (with some human modifications by myself), and the amazing Sudowrite was used for finetuning the overall text. Join me on LinkedIn or Youtube to comment or ask questions. January 30, Monday, 9am PST, 5pm UK, 6pm CET, 9pm Dubai, 10.30 pm India… More at […]