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The Long-Term Jobs Killer is Automation (great read via the NYT )
“Globalization is clearly responsible for some of the job losses, particularly trade with China during the 2000s, which led to the rapid loss of 2...
The transport systems of Science Fiction will be here sooner than you think – Vivek Wadhwa
“The point, though, is that we are on the verge of a revolution in transportation. For decades — actually, centuries — we have been dependent...
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Dec 2016
You Need to Practice Being Your Future Self
“Here’s the key: You need to spend time on the future even when there are more important things to do in the present and even...
29
Dec 2016
New podcast: a conversation with Tim Leberecht (The Business Romantic) and Gerd Leonhard (Technology vs Humanity)
I just recently discovered Tim Leberecht's work on Ted and on Youtube, and am currently reading his book ‘The Business Romantic.' Similar to fellow futurist Richard...
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Dec 2016
The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine: Technology versus-and-with humanity?
The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine by Gerd Leonhard, Future Thinker, Author of Technology vs Humanity You may be busy posting your latest updates on social media...
20
Dec 2016
Forget AT&T: What about Google and Facebook…? good read via the NYT
“Look at the numbers. Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Facebook are among the 10 largest companies in the world. Alphabet alone has a...
16
Dec 2016
Our Automated Future – definitive must-read on the future of work (via The New Yorker)
“Google offers a vivid illustration of how new technologies create new opportunities. Two computer-science students at Stanford go looking for a research project, and the...
16
Dec 2016
On Automation – must read piece via The New Yorker
“Jerry Kaplan is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who teaches at Stanford. In “Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the...
15
Dec 2016
Some Artificial Intelligence Stats That Will Blow You Away
“Bye bye, call centers and wait times. According to researcher Gartner, AI bots will power 85% of all customer service interactions by the year 2020....
15
Dec 2016
9 Artificial Intelligence Stats That Will Blow You Away
“Bye bye, call centers and wait times. According to researcher Gartner, AI bots will power 85% of all customer service interactions by the year 2020....
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Dec 2016
Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to an Automated Future? Via Peter Diamandis
“the most compelling study demonstrating how universal basic income could work comes from a small town in Canada.From 1974 to 1979, the Canadian government partnered...
14
Dec 2016
New podcast: SAP Coffee-talk with Game Changers, hosted by Bonnie D. Graham, with Frank Diana, Gerd Leonhard, Timo Elliott
The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century? November 30, 2016 Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham [Download MP3] [itunes] [Bookmark Episode] Guest Information Frank Diana [View...
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Dec 2016
Four Futures: Life After Capitalism review – will robots bring utopia or terror?
“The great danger posed by the automation of production, in the context of a world of hierarchy and scarce resources,” Frase says, “is that it...
13
Dec 2016
What Stephen Hawking gets right and wrong about ‘the most dangerous time for our planet’
“Technology is the main culprit here, widening the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. As Hawking explained, automation has already decimated jobs in manufacturing...
12
Dec 2016
Insight From the Dalai Lama Applied to AI Ethics -via Future of Life Institute
“One of the primary objectives — if not the primary objective — of artificial intelligence is to improve life for all people. But an equally...
08
Dec 2016
My keynote at Microsoft DPK16 in Bremen: challenges and opportunities in digital transformation (in German language)
Just out! Download the deck on my German blog. Original posted video by MSFT (thanks for making this recording available) ... Read more
06
Dec 2016
Could you soon fly an airplane with your mind?
“What kind of things do you think we will be doing with our minds?Look at it this way: a hundred years ago this interview would...
03
Dec 2016
My best slides from December 2016: technology and/with/versus humanity?
New deck from flickr ! Read the book now:) Download the PDF: future-challenge-opportunities-futurist-speaker-gerd-leonhard-technology-humanity-collect-public-dec2-2016 24MB ... Read more
