https://www.forbes.com/sites/calumchace/2023/03/15/what-does-a-good-future-look-like-a-conversation-with-futurist-keynote-speaker-gerd-leonhard/?sh=37457ee94415 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com (personal) gerd@thefuturesagency.com (business)

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/openai-gpt-4-parameters-power-debate/673290/ There is no particular reason to assume scaling will resolve these issues. “It hasn’t improved nearly as much as one might hope,” Ernest Davis, a computer-science professor at New York University, told me. “It’s not at all clear to me th...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/special-series/protopia-movement.html The concept, which Mr. Kelly debuted in his 2010 book, “What Technology Wants,” refers to a society that, rather than solving all its problems (as in a utopia) or falling into dire dysfunction (as in a dystopia), makes incremental progress over a long period of ti...

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“Publicly funded research that impacts humans is already required to be vetted through … Is it time to hit the pause button on AI? https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-it-time-to-hit-the-pause-button via Instapaper Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com (personal) gerd@thefuturesagency.com (business) Check my ...

“Already we have seen people try to retrain these chatbots for political purposes. There's also a high risk that they will be used to create misinformation at an unprecedented scale. In the last few days, the new AI systems have led to the suspension of submissions at a science fiction publisher because it couldn't cope with a deluge o...

“The final overarching deal did not include commitments to "phase down" or reduce use of fossil fuels.” https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63677466 via @Instapaper Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com (personal) gerd@thefuturesagency.com (business) Check my new updates page

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https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/greta-the-great Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com (personal) gerd@thefuturesagency.com (business) Check my new updates page

https://www.axios.com/climate-change-pessimism-future-ipcc-dbd9fd35-8474-45f1-bf12-69a8095f4272.html Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com (personal) gerd@thefuturesagency.com (business) Check my new updates page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future With its emphasis on scientific accuracy and non-fiction descriptions of history and social science, the novel is classified as hard science fiction. It is also a part of the growing body of climate fiction. Robinson had previously written other climate fiction novels, such as 2...

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Read this book: The ministry of the future https://gerd.fm/3y1Veq4 by Kim Stanley Robinson @ksrinfo is a 10* read - a total MUST for anyone looking at the future #climatechange #decarbonisation Some snippets here via @goodreads https://gerd.fm/3x2vDgN

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/20/us-economy-changes/ The same is true of the rise of automation during the pandemic. As companies looked for ways to reduce the number of people in an office, hotel or factory, they turned to robots and telework. They invested heavily in technology, which economists predict could result...

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https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com

https://www.futuristgerd.com/2021/05/too-much-of-a-good-thing-can-be-a-very-bad-thing-technologys-future/ The impact of exponential change is incredibly hard to imagine We should take note that while today’s technological progress often seems very impressive and useful, mostly harmless and easily manageable, it would be very foolish in...

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https://kashmirreader.com/2021/02/23/book-review-the-new-realism-of-eternal-faith-in-humanity/ Darwin’s thesis “survival of the fittest” is now considered as “fundamental law” of survival and progress. Karl Marx, the prophet of communism, had praised Darwin and acknowledged that his own thesis of “class struggle” was inspired from Darw...

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https://a16z.com/2021/04/07/on-supercities-economic-growth-and-income-inequality-in-a-post-covid-world/?utm_source=twitter Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com

https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestowersclark/2021/04/29/accenture-future-ready-companies-twice-as-efficient-three-times-as-profitable/ Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2021/04/the-atlantic-daily-our-personal-relationships-with-nature-are-changing/618677/ Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com

https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2021 Gerd Leonhard www.futuristgerd.com www.gerdtube.com gerd@hey.com gerd@thefuturesagency.com

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-17/the-city-as-a-survival-mechanism-kim-stanley-robinson Only about 3% of the animal biomass left on the Earth’s land surface is wild, the other 97% being humans and our food animals. Wilson’s plan, if we were to pursue it, would address this shocking imbalance. It has the additional adva...