Every year, GLOBSEC, the central European think-tank, gathers many of the world’s security leaders and policy makers for a summit to influence the future by generating new ideas and solutions for a better and safer world. This year, I had the honor of presenting a talk on the “Security Challenges […]
It was great to join Stewart Alsop on his podcast, Crazy Wisdom recently. In our hour together, we did a deep dive into a broad range of topics around AI. Some of the highlights included: The importance of narrative and storytelling as a tool for exploring the future of AI, […]
Helping to kick off Digitální Česko – the 10th annual Digital Czech Republic–was an incredible opportunity! Not only was I able to gain new insights about the priorities and concerns in this part of the world–I also got to meet a lot of amazing people who are helping shape the […]
Clearly, China is placing a lot of focus on AI, so I’m very excited to see the Chinese edition of my book, “Future Minds: The Rise of Intelligence, from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe” is finally available. Published January 1, 2024, it challenges our assumptions about […]
It’s that time of year again and you know the drill. With the commencing of another January, most of us are resetting our annual clocks, our scheduled tasks, our aspirations, as we prepare for yet another trip around the sun. But is this really the best metaphor for what […]
There are a lot of things I love about travel, but this past 18 months of immersive globetrotting has been rewarding in so many unforeseen ways. One case in point was the opportunity to speak with the new members of the Argentinian Congress this past week about the future […]
My new article for the Association of Professional Futurists publication, Compass, explores a number of misconceptions we have around AI. There are many assumptions we need to continually challenge in this space if we’re to realistically forecast the future of artificial intelligence, not least our tendency to routinely ascribe […]
It was a remarkable experience and honor to be the opening keynote for Newsis Forum’s “The Future of Korea in 10 Years” last week. It was exciting to be able to share insights during the presentation, and the moderated discussion that followed, as well as learn from the other […]
We’ve reached the stage in our technological evolution as a society that we need to become much more methodical and conscientious about how we innovate. The rapid adoption of new technologies, often before their implications are well understood, will continue to result in difficult, even wicked challenges, for ourselves […]
It was my great pleasure to return to the FuturePod podcast recently for another conversation with futurist Peter Hayward. Given the rapid pace of change in the world of AI, there was a lot to talk about, as we try to make sense of the many factors driving the current […]