

Last year's reports that some apparently well-funded Russian entities used Facebook to systemically disseminate fake news and seed widespread dissent during the 2016 U.S. elections is...

Futurist Gerd Leonhard Talk at Dutch Future Society: technology and humanity, the next 10 years (NEW VIDEO, AUDIO)
That was a great event! Here is my slide-deck as promised:) Creative Commons license applies, as always. Be sure to subscribe to my Youtube channel....
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Jan 2018

What I said in 2013 about TeleMedia i.e. the convergence of Telecom and Media – and what’s actually happening today
Below are some images I used to describe the key trends for telecoms and mobile operators, back in 2013 (I called this ‘telemedia convergence'). Even though...
07
Jan 2018

Great read about datamining, and nice animation (via Bloomberg)
The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss. Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information, supported by an ecosystem...
02
Dec 2017

New video: artificial intelligence and the future of business and humanity. Gerd Leonhard’s Spark 2017 keynote at Capgemini 2017 CXO Forum, Pebble Beach CA
Here is the video of my entire keynote. You can download the slide deck via this link. Download the MP4 mobile version 250MB here. Special...
29
Nov 2017

Some of my best slides from the past 6 weeks: technology, humanity and the future (a special FuturistGerd collection of visual memes)
All images are licensed under creative commons non-commercial attribution license (i.e. you can use all images if you provide proper credit to futurist Gerd Leonhard)....
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Nov 2017

New video interview Futurist / Humanist Gerd Leonhard on Digital Happiness: Technology vs. Humanity?
Thanks to Sogeti for making this video available ... Read more
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Nov 2017

Gerd Leonhard’s presentation at LaFutura in Dubai: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Here is my deck from LaFutura 2017 in Dubai, on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity La Futura AI and the future of humanity...
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Nov 2017

Why AI Is the ‘New Electricity’ – Knowledge@Wharton
““AI is the new electricity,” said Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera and an adjunct Stanford professor who founded the Google Brain Deep Learning Project, in...
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Nov 2017

You will lose your job to a robot—and sooner than you think (a rather dark view but… worth reading), via MotherJones
“Until we figure out how to fairly distribute the fruits of robot labor, it will be an era of mass joblessness and mass poverty.”You will...
19
Nov 2017

Resisting Reduction: a must-read manifesto by Joi Ito
“Nature’s ecosystem provides us with an elegant example of a complex adaptive system where myriad “currencies” interact and respond to feedback systems that enable both...
12
Nov 2017

Meine Präsentation beim Zukunftskongress Düsseldorf: here is the slide-deck (in German)
Really enjoyed being at this event in Düsseldorf today. Here is the deck, as promised (in German). Hier sind die Slides! familienuntermehmer düsseldorf mensch maschine...
07
Nov 2017

Here is my slide-deck from RethinkFood 2017, keynote at the Culinary Institute in Napa: technology, humanity and the future of food
…that was a great event! You can watch the webcast archives here, soon. rethinkfood culinary institute gerd leonhard futurist technology vs humanity PUBLIC low res...
02
Nov 2017

Was Saudi Arabia wrong to give citizenship to a robot? (I’d say yes, too)
“It seems foolish and misguided to give a robot an official government status that creates any semblance of equality to an actual human. Machines aren’t...
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Oct 2017

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops (via the NYT)
“an extensive examination by The New York Times indicates that the debate has missed a more basic problem — genetic modification in the United States...
27
Oct 2017

The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart (Via Scott Santens)
“What should be immediately apparent is that as the number of oil rigs declined due to falling oil prices, so did the number of workers...
27
Oct 2017

This Cardiologist Is Betting That His Lab-Grown Meat Startup Can Solve the Global Food Crisis (made me think)
“Meat without animals. It's not a new notion. In a 1932 essay predicting sundry future trends, Winston Churchill wrote, "We shall escape the absurdity of...
27
Oct 2017

Slide-deck from my presentation at Mayo Clinic Rochester: 2017 Rewoldt Lecture: the future of technology and democracy
Here it is – big thanks to the Rewoldt family for supporting this event, and to the Mayo Clinic for bringing me here! mayo clinic...