2016 December Archive - The Futures Agency | A global network of futurists and keynote speakers

Presentation deck and video (NEW): ACEPI Portugal Digital Summit – the future of humanity and business (updated)

I always enjoy Lisbon and the Portuguese audience. More details on this event. Updated Dec 30, 2016 (better PDF) Future of Humanity Business Gerd Leonhard Portugal Digital Summit Public low res High res version 30MB PDF: Future of Humanity Business Gerd Leonhard Portugal Digital Summit Public UPDATE:

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 when there is no immediately apparent return to your efforts. In other words — and this is the hard part — if you want to be productive, you need to spend time doing things that feel ridiculously unproductive.”

You Need to Practice Being Your Future Self
https://hbr.org/2016/03/you-need-to-practice-being-your-future-self
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In San Francisco, Uber’s self-driving cars start to pick up passengers (via TechCrunch)

Posted on December 14th by Darrell Etherington on TechCrunch, this news has received quite some momentum. “Uber’s self-driving cars are making the move to San Francisco, in a new expansion of its pilot project with autonomous vehicles that will see Volvo SUVs outfitted with sensors

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 Watson, and fellow ‘team human’ thinker Douglas Rushkoff, my work and Tim’s work have some pretty amazing overlaps, and many of

From The New York Times Magazine: The Great A.I. Awakening

A great article contributed by Gideon Lewis-Kraus to the New York Times Magazine on December 14, 2016, featuring the sub-title: “How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate, one of its more popular services — and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself.” It starts with

Podcast: The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century? (via SAP)

An interesting podcast recorded by SAP and host Bonnie D. Graham, freely available on voiceamerica.com. Bonnie talks to Futurists Frank Diana, Gerd Leonhard and Timo Elliot From the episode description: “The buzz: ‘Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion’ (Muhammad Ali). A unique

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 or Christmas shopping on Amazon, but maybe unbeknownst to you we are living through the most significant days in human history. Not

Interview: Exploring the Relationship between (Wo)Man and Machine (via SimpleWeb)

“Why now?” Kylie of SimpleWeb asks Gerd Leonhard during an interview held recently and published online end of November. “I think that we are now at the point where machines are no longer stupid” says Gerd. “For a long time, we talked about thinking machines

Interview with Gerd Leonhard: Innovation with a Higher Purpose (via AESC)

Issue # 8 of the «Executive Talent Magazine» of AESC Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants published an interview with Gerd Leonhard followed by an exclusive print of Chapter 1 of his latest book “Technology vs. Humanity“. Excerpt: “How soon can we expect automation

AI Playgrounds released to everyone: Elon Musk’s OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind (via WIRED)

Matt Burgess wrote and published this article on WIRED on December 5, 2016: “Artificial intelligence developed by the likes of Google’s DeepMind and Elon Musk’s OpenAI is taught within the confines of game worlds – including navigating around mazes, dodging deadly cliffs, playing laser tag

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