The Future of Learning. The Future of Work. Keynote Gerd Leonhard.

Future Anxiety

The future is better than we think - IF we govern it wisely!

Exponential advances.

Combinatorial disruptions.

Converging industries.

Exponential advances.

Combinatorial disruptions.

Converging industries.

Exponential advances.

Combinatorial disruptions.

Converging industries.

The rapidly declining cost of human genome sequencing

Data everything/where

Cloud everything/where

Intelligence* everywhere

Compute anything/where

Connected everything

Transact anything/where

Manufacture anything/where

See everything/where

Intelligent Assistance & Augmentation (IA) is becoming the new normal

When machines can see, hear, speak and ‘think’,

learning and working ‘as usual’ is over

Whatever can be digitised and automated, will be.

Whatever cannot‌ will become increasingly valuable

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AI: Computer systems that turn information and data into KNOWLEDGE (Demis Hassabis, CEO, DeepMind)

Smart-everywhere and efficient-everything should not lead to dehumanisation

Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: who is mission control?

Humanity â˜Ż Technology

Humanity â˜Ż Technology

“Whatever is very simple for a human is very hard for a computer, and whatever is very hard for a human is simple for a computer� (riffing off Hans Moravec)

Data and Information is not Knowledge* is not Understanding is not Wisdom is not Purpose

Algorithms (AI) can outperform human intelligence (HI) when it is NOT about understanding emotions, intentions, interpretations, deep language skills, or general intelligence (hat tip to Luciano Floridi)

The End of Routine is near: digitization, cognification, virtualisation, AUTOMATION

Yet the end of routine is not the end of human work & jobs

When something becomes abundant and thus a commodity, we can (and must) focus on what is scarce and therefore valuable

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn�

(Alvin Toffler)

The Future of Work: Human-Only skills. Life-long Learning. Just-in-time training.

Humanity Ethics Creativity Imagination

Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

70% of all 2030 jobs haven’t even been invented yet!

Exponential technological progress is

#hellven

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right (or the power) to do and what is the right thing to do

“Technology can do great things. But it does not WANT to do great things. It doesn’t want anything” (Tim Cook, Apple)

Technology is not WHAT we seek but HOW seek!

Today, the biggest danger is not that machines will eliminate us but that we become too much like them!

In a world dominated by technology we can (and must) become MORE human not less!

In a world dominated by technology we can (and must) become MORE human not less!

Stay hungry, stay human, keep learning!