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New video: proposing a Global Digital Ethics Council
… it's time to incorporate the negative externalities of exponential technological progress into EVERY digital business model! ... Read more
Is AI a danger for Humanity? Well… it’s complicated!
In an interesting display of “Yes, No, It's complicated”, three Indian researchers reflect whether AI is a danger for humanity. In the YES-camp, the key...
18
Jan 2019
The very first edition of my Digital Ethics newsletter is now available!
This is a new collaboration with TFA's new curator PeterVan. Subscribe here. Read the first issue here. ... Read more
17
Jan 2019
Don’t believe the hype: the media are unwittingly selling us an AI fantasy | John Naughton
“The tech giants that own and control the technology have plans to exponentially increase that impact and to that end have crafted a distinctive narrative....
15
Jan 2019
New video excerpt from my keynote at Netapp Insight 2018: with great power comes great responsibility #digitalethics
Download these videos via gerd.cloud Watch the complete keynote on my Youtube channel Netapp 2018-Gerd-Leonhard-Futurist-Gerd-on-Stage-Power-And-Responsibility. 50MB MP4 download ... Read more
14
Jan 2019
New podcast with Matt Ward: Megashifts, AI and Why the Future is More Unknowable than Ever
Listen to it now on iTunes Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, startup advisor and author with a passion for futurism and technology....
13
Jan 2019
The currency of humanity (Joi Ito’s Practice of Change)
In late 2018, Joi Ito, Director MIT Media Lab presented his draft Phd. dissertation on the “Practice of Change“. Organised in 6 chapters, he articulates...
13
Jan 2019
Beware corporate ‘machinewashing’ of AI
“To compound the problem, the baleful effects of AI are often rooted in the very algorithms that drive many tech companies’ profit streams. Economists call...
09
Jan 2019
Futurist Gerd Leonhard announces updated mission statement, new 2019 speaking topics, and a deeper focus on digital ethics and the future of humanity
January 5, 2019 Greetings everyone, and Happy New Year! It’s been almost 17 years that I started giving talks and presentations on the future, and...
06
Jan 2019
How Much of the Internet Is Fake (via NY Mag)
“What’s gone from the internet, after all, isn’t “truth,” but trust: the sense that the people and things we encounter are what they represent themselves...
02
Jan 2019
A Conversation about AI, with Rudy Rucker (Voices of AI podcast)
“one of Wolfram's points has been that any natural process can embody universal computation. Once you have universal computation, it seems like in principle, you...
02
Jan 2019
The Anti-Human Religion of Silicon Valley – Douglas Rushkoff – Medium must-read!!
“The anti-human agenda of technologists might not be so bad — or might never be fully realized — if it didn’t dovetail so neatly with the anti-human agenda of...
27
Dec 2018
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...
11
Dec 2018
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...
08
Dec 2018
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,...
02
Dec 2018
Neue Video-Serie: Tim Renner und Gerd Leonhard – Lasst uns über die Zukunft reden (6 Videos)
Tim Renner und Gerd Leonhard im Gespräch – 6 wöchentliche Episoden Was müssen Politiker über die Zukunft wissen? Wie könnte die Politik wieder bessere Zukunftsvisionen...
28
Nov 2018
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...
