

“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...

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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Nov 2018

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...
22
Nov 2018

6 exciting new videos with short excerpts recent keynotes 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...
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Nov 2018

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...
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Nov 2018

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...
20
Nov 2018

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...
18
Nov 2018

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...
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Nov 2018

New Video: Explorer Erling Kagge and Futurist Gerd Leonhard discuss the future of humanity at Foro Cultura, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid
“En el futuro, estar desconectado va a ser un lujo”. Esta ha sido una de las reflexiones de Gerd Leonhard y Erling Kagge en la...
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Nov 2018

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...
15
Nov 2018

Here are the slides from my talk at the Turkish Capital Markets Summit in Istanbul, today: Artificial Intelligence Futures
Amazing event! More here Turkey Capital Markets Istanbul Gerd Leonhard Futurist Presentation Artificial Intelligence and Banking Public deck-print ... Read more
13
Nov 2018

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 ... Read more
07
Nov 2018

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....

