Category: Technology and Humanity

New video: my keynote at Netapp Insight 2018 in Barcelona: the future is driven by data but defined by humanity (amazing stage & screen!)

  Download the slides used in this presentation: Gerd Leonhard driven by data defined by humanity netapp Barcelona insights PUBLIC-print Download the MP4  Thanks to Netapp for making this video available. Find out more about this event here. In a world where technological progress is exceedingly exponential and combinatorial, how will we define what is human, … Continue reading "New video: my keynote at Netapp Insight 2018 in Barcelona: the future is driven by data but defined by humanity (amazing stage & screen!)"

Video compilation: the best moments from Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s 2018 keynotes – must watch!

  2018 was an amazing year, with some really great gigs – over 100x in 30 countries. Now, my producer and art director Jean Francois Cardella and the TFA Studio team has compiled the best moments in this fast-moving video. If you want to know what I do, and what my key messages are… just … Continue reading "Video compilation: the best moments from Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s 2018 keynotes – must watch!"

Kölner Stadtanzeiger Interview mit Gerd Leonhard: Die Zukunft ist besser als wir denken (in German)

Gestern erschienen – hier zum Lesen (kostenlose Registrierung erforderlich;) Unser Wirtschaftssystem sei künftig nicht mehr haltbar, sagt Futurist Gerd Leonhard. Immer mehr Arbeit werde automatisiert, Jobs fielen weg. Im Interview spricht Leonhard über Chancen und Risiken der Technologisierung und seinen ungebrochenen Optimismus. Welche Entwicklungen sehen Sie? In ungefähr zehn Jahren sind Computer unendlich leistungsfähig. Alle … Continue reading "Kölner Stadtanzeiger Interview mit Gerd Leonhard: Die Zukunft ist besser als wir denken (in German)"

Digital Ethics: some bottom lines

Yoshua Bengia, one of the fathers of AI is worried about its future – we need more democracy in A.I. research !

“another reason why we need to have more democracy in AI research. It’s that AI research by itself will tend to lead to concentrations of power, money, and researchers. The best students want to go to the best companies. They have much more mone...

Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s keynote at the Foro de la Cultura 2018 in Burgos Spain: Technology, Humanity and The Future

Read more about this event and my talk, here (in Spanish)… “Los efectos de la tecnología, la digitalización y el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial han protagonizado la conversación entre el escritor y futurista alemánGerd Leonhard y el poeta y periodista Antonio Lucas. «Nuestro mundo va a cambiar más en los próximos 20 años que en los pasados … Continue reading "Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s keynote at the Foro de la Cultura 2018 in Burgos Spain: Technology, Humanity and The Future"

6 exciting new videos with short excerpts from a recent keynote on Technology & Humanity, Big Data, Digital Ethics, Singularity, Skills of the Future and more!

Thanks to Netapp for inviting me to speak and for making the video footage available!  Download all videos as MP4 files via the GerdCloud. Subscribe to my Youtube channel. Check out my book Technology vs Humanity. Machines that can THINK, LEARN? AI? With an IQ of 100.000? Digital Ethics is the #1 topic in technology … Continue reading "6 exciting new videos with short excerpts from a recent keynote on Technology & Humanity, Big Data, Digital Ethics, Singularity, Skills of the Future and more!"

The unintended consequences and negative externalities of exponential technological progress must urgently be considered in every single business model, from the start (new gif)

Just like in energy, oil and gas – we can no longer leave the externalities for others to clean up. Note: this is a pretty large gif — may need some time to load:)))  

Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard on-stage: short videos with best quotes on humanity and technology (#4 and 5)

These 2 short videos just went live, featuring some nice nuggets from a recent talk. On the shift toward creative jobs, EQ over IQ #4 Download the MP4 via GerdCloud How computable are we? What makes us human? #5  Download the MP4 file

Futurebuilders Podcast with Gerd Leonhard (video version): machines and humans, work and the future

Audio version here Listen to or download MP3: In the second episode Futurebuilders podcast together with Gerd Leonhard: – Is it necessary that everyone will have job in the future? – What are the future jobs and how those can be found? – What can you do today to prepare for the future worklife? Gerd … Continue reading "Futurebuilders Podcast with Gerd Leonhard (video version): machines and humans, work and the future"

Azeem Azhar has a good collection of Facebook-related links in his latest newsletter

Via Azeem Azhar 🤦 Oh, Facebook! A New York Times investigation suggests that Facebook took a strategy of “delay, deny and deflect” when dealing with the fall out of Russian disinformation on its platform. This went as far as hiring a publicist to do a hatchet job on anti-Facebook groups and link them to George … Continue reading "Azeem Azhar has a good collection of Facebook-related links in his latest newsletter"

Automation may take our jobs—but it’ll restore our humanity (says Dennis Mortinesen, x.ai)

“One implication of all this is that for humans to succeed in the AI-powered future, we need to double down on our humanity. Technical skills will no doubt remain important in the future of work, but as AI allows us to automate repetitive tasks ...

My latest presentation on exponential transformation, technology, humanity and digital ethics

see below:)) exponential transformation the future technology humanity ethics gerd leonhard keynote PUBLIC-print  20MB PDF

Video and PDF with my slides from FuturePort 2018 in Prague: The Future is better than we think…. IF… (updated)

Here it is! More details on the event here Technology humanity Futureport Prague 2018 Futurist Gerd Leonhard Public  PDF 20’MB   Watch the video at Slideslive    

New video: Exponential transformation? Why the future is better than we think – and why humans will still matter (Acquia Engage London 2018)

Brand-new talk from Acquia Engage London 2018!  Thanks to Acquia for making this video available, and for inviting me to speak at their amazing event. Download the slides used in this talk: acquia London gerd leonhard futurist keynote the future is better than we think public deck low res Download the MP4 file for offline viewing … Continue reading "New video: Exponential transformation? Why the future is better than we think – and why humans will still matter (Acquia Engage London 2018)"

Apple’s Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the ‘data industrial complex’. READ THIS NOW

Download Attachment Available until Nov 24, 2018 “At its core this technology promises to learn from people individually to benefit us all. But advancing AI by collecting huge personal profiles is laziness, not efficiency,” Cook continu...

Here is the deck with my slides from today: EnlightED in Madrid: technology, humanity, and the future for education

This was (is) a pretty amazing event!! Huge congrats to Telefonica Foundation and IE and everyone else!  Check out the twitter stream     EnlightED Madrid Technology Humanity Education Gerd Leonhard Futurist Keynote Deck PUBLIC-print  26 MB PDF High res download via wetransfer Via my public cloud Interested in my book?  The Spanish edition is … Continue reading "Here is the deck with my slides from today: EnlightED in Madrid: technology, humanity, and the future for education"

New short film on IA, AI and AGI: will the machines take over? Or will we simply become like them?

Brand new:)  New: download the MP4 via Vimeo Watch the entire conversations with gerd playlist    

New short film: the future of humans and machines – are organisms really just algorithms?

Download MP4:  Man and Machine Futurist Gerd Leonhard Organisms are algorithms …really? Visit our Vimeo Channel for other videos and downloads Much more on Youtube!

Technology, Humanity, AI… and The Future of Politics (Die Welt essay by Tim Renner and Gerd Leonhard, translated from German)

Read the original version at Die Welt (paywall), or via the brand-new Renner/Leonhard site Thanks to Tim Cole for helping with this translation. Stand up, damned of the Earth! Tomorrow is on its way, and it’ll be here faster than many of us may think. Sure, we don’t see many robots passing us in the streets, … Continue reading "Technology, Humanity, AI… and The Future of Politics (Die Welt essay by Tim Renner and Gerd Leonhard, translated from German)"