Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Autor Keynote Speaker
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Gerd Leonhard ist nicht der typische technikzentrierte Zukunftsdenker. Er strebt nach praktischer Weisheit und verzichtet auf Techno-Optimismus zugunsten eines progressiven Humanismus. Gerd konzentriert sich auf die Frage, was die Zukunft für die Menschheit bereithält und wie wir das schaffen können, was er als "Die Gute Zukunft / The Good Future".
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Emergencies & Opportunities: 2025 is a fighting year! New speaking topic.
2025 Emergencies and Opportunities #futurist Gerd Leonhard's new speaking topic see https://futuristgerd.com/topic:emergencies *version 2 NEW: Spanish Dub Version https://youtu.be/KplORivoUFM?si=WFdQY85uSsnvOfO_ NEW: Spanish Dub Version using @Rask_ai https://youtu.be/q7QYeHQ06lw?si=fk16jaLqc29-Gcgr 00:00 Introduction: 2025: Emergencies and Opportunities 00:14 The 'New USA': a New World Order 01:21 Climate Emergency 02:32 Artificial General Intelligence 04:05 Humanity's Future: Collaboratio
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The Good Future? Technology & Humanity. Immersive, wide-screen keynote by #futurist Gerd Leonhard
Here is a really special keynote from this year's Spark event presented by @CapgeminiGlobal see https://www.capgeminispark.com/ (a huge thanks to Cap Gemini for inviting me, and for making this video available). In this super-wide screen presentation (I now call them #superkeynote) I make my argument for why the future is better than we think, and how we can get there. I cover my key topics such as #thegoodfuture #techvshuman and of course, needless to say, #artificialintelligence. 00:00 -
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The Rise of AI and Digital Labor: Will humans still be needed?
#superkeynote on Future of Digital Labor: AI, Automation, and Human Impact This is thedited version of my #livestream show from June 12, 2025, on Digital Labor, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Au-1Af304 (this version includes the q&a session as well) #futurist #thegoodfuture #futureofwork In this fast-moving #keynotetelevision - style presentation, I explore the transformative impact of so-called "digital labor" driven by artificial intelligence (AI). I discuss the shift from human to
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Why the next 5 years will break or remake humanity (Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
What if our obsession with profit is sabotaging our very survival? In this no-holds-barred video culled from a June 2025 interview in AbuDhabi, I explain why we need to shift from the outdated operating system of "profit and growth" to the new paradigm of what I call the 5Ps Economy: People, Planet, Purpose, Prosperity, and Peace, see #peopleplanetpurposeprosperity NEW: SPANISH DUB: https://youtu.be/wMg5leAsm1g?si=FEInqGNfi-LStPr_ I also touch on these topics: 🤖 Is AI our greatest servant—or
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The convergence of humans & machines? Artificial General Intelligence? Singularity? Digital Humans?
Futurist Gerd Leonhard presents a powerful 10-minute summary on #virtualreality, #artificialintelligence Digital Humans, Synthetic Media, the #singularity and more. The key question is no longer what we CAN be, but what we WANT TO BE. Watch Gerd's new film #lookupnowthefilm at www.lookupnow.tv and #thegoodfuture https://www.futuristgerd.com/sharing/thegoodfuturefilm/ #techvshuman #futurist New: Spanish Dub Version using @Rask_ai here: https://youtu.be/SYeyXoDbYnk?si=8MIp_dTRWaTxt64v - gi
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Immersive keynote on artificial intelligence, learning and education (Gerd Leonhard)
This is a special post-event edit of my full-lenght keynote at the Sharjah International Summit in the UAE Feb 24 2025 I explore the convergence of humans and machines, highlighting the digital, sustainability, and purpose revolutions shaping our future. I discuss the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) as a general-purpose technology. I explain that while AI enhances efficiency and capabilities in various fields, it lacks emotional and cultural understanding - and imho, it shou
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Rebooting 2025: TRUST ISN'T DIGITAL. Humans CAN collaborate.
In this fast-paced video that features some new AI-generated backgrounds and animations, I first explore the diminishing trust among people in today's tech-driven world, and the fact that many GenY/Z humans think that the future is bleak. Yet contrary to the prevalent belief that humans are inherently selfish and untrustworthy, I argue that history provides numerous examples of successful collaboration, from controlling nuclear weapon proliferation to eradicating smallpox to the Paris climate ag
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Synthetic Everything: The Future of Social Media, AI & VR?
This an edit from my keynote at the 2024 HOAG lecture (online) see https://youtu.be/vstfBQS4INM?si=VCkeJaokuzq23X1o for the entire event. In the future of digital media, more and more synthetic realities are being created. For many 13-year-old girls on Instagram, theri reality is shaped by 'influencers', leading to a manufactured, artificial perception of the world. Artificial intelligence is now increasingly used to quickly produce synthetic (or indeed, hybrid) content, but the authenticity an
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Navigating the Future: A Blueprint for Technology and Humanity
In this hard-hitting presentation at IBM's Tech Recognition event in Dubai, March 5 & 6, 2024, I talked about the critical importance of optimism about the future, not because we have less problems, but because our enhanced capabilities to solve them through technology AND the right policies and ethical frameworks. #thegoodfuture PORTUGUESE DUB: https://youtu.be/8PEuLYHwJRk?si=67qkXFzy0LjNB3bv NEW: Spanish Dub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3U-QAzrObY NEW: GERMAN Dub: https://youtu.be/F04Rv
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Navigating the Future: AI in the Legal Profession | Gerd Leonhard SuperKeynote 2025: Live in Athens
Thanks to Nomiki Bibliotiki@nblearning for inviting me. This is my complete keynote in Athens, on July 3, 2025. This recording was edited after the event to make it more visually appealing. :: Dubbed in SPANISH using @Rask_ai : https://youtu.be/dL03UuXXVRE?si=Ipx3uef4x59ikoRY :: Dubbed in Greek using the amazing @Rask_ai : https://youtu.be/OLMxGPh0jno?si=Ua_swe2DBVgSFeOM 🔮 Navigating the Future: AI in the Legal Profession | Gerd Leonhard in Athens. This is not just a talk — it's a call to act
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The next 10 years: Why #thegoodfuture is entirely possible
This is an edited recording of a pretty hard-hitting (imho:) and immersive widescreen keynote at Spark Europe 2024 in Versailles see https://spark-europe.capgemini.com/. Thanks to @CapgeminiGlobal for hosting me and for making this video available! My talk is about #thegoodfuture and how we can design and build it, together. With the rise of #artificialintelligence (and the quickly approaching AGI scenarios) we stand at an extraordinary junction where almost anything seems possible - and this
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Decoding 2023: The Three Revolutions that will define our Future, by Futurist Humanist Gerd Leonhard
#futurist Gerd Leonhard explains the 3 revolutions that are now happening simultaneously: the digital revolution, the sustainable revolution and the #purpose revolution. In many ways, 2023 is a bit like 1968: a moment of deep pivoting in how the world works. The old isms such as #capitalism or #socialism are becoming useless - the only thing that matters is whether we can create a new economic logic, a new OS, that's fit for the future, and how we will develop our #futuremindset #techvshuman
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Big Green - The Sustainability Revolution. #futuristgerd #climatechange
A short excerpt from my keynote @futuristoftheyear in Warsaw last week, see https://youtu.be/6pEIVeYXEvY?si=-Zlx-_B8oY-chevA for the entire keynote This clip discusses the significant shift from fossil fuels to renewables and nuclear fusion, aiming to solve the energy problem within ten years. It mentions the impact on every product, upcoming emergency regulations due to climate change, including carbon taxes on flying and meat consumption, but expresses optimism that the issue is solvable thro
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The Future is better than we think: Highlights from a recent keynote
This is a compilation of highlights from my recent keynote at a Thomson Reuters Pebble Beach, CA, event in May 2024. In this thought-provoking and immersive, wide-screen talk, I explored the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity. Drawing insights from futurists like Kevin Kelly and media philosophers like Marshall McLuhan, I discuss the transformative power of AI, its potential to increase global GDP, and the new forms of work it will create. I delve into the concepts of
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Your mindset contains your future! Don't give up on optimism. Despite everything!
Explore the frontier of technological innovation with futurist Gerd Leonhard as he unveils an inspiring vision of the future in this enlightening video. Gerd provides a profound analysis on how AI and other cutting-edge technologies can solve pressing global issues such as climate change, energy scarcity, and global health crises. He stresses the importance of harnessing technology to augment human potential while safeguarding our core values and essence. Drawing from his deep expertise and ins
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Must-watch! The Good Future: Futurist Gerd Leonhard's Riveting 2023 TedX Talk. Technology & Humanity
This is an edited version of my June 10, 2023, TEDx talk in Cluj, Romania, with much improved sound and various oohs and ahs removed using the amazing @Descript app. The original TEDx version is here https://youtu.be/B1Fx8LKgQ70?si=4JJU03Qa3pUhmpHD. Leading Futurist Gerd Leonhard presents a riveting talk on the future of technology, artificial intelligence, jobs, work, and education. In this talk, Gerd outlines why too much of a good thing (such as exponential technologies) can be a very bad t
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@gleonhard says that machines are getting smarter at a very rapid rate fuelled by #AI #IoT #quantumcomputing etc. and we will need #purpose as well as #consciousness to grow rapidly as well. Watch the full video on Youtube: https://t.co/DMGhtw9tzt pic.twitter.com/GGvNisIwOT— The Futures Agency (@futuresagency) July 16, 2022