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Author of the popular book, “Technology vs. Humanity” and co-author of “The Future of Music”, Gerd Leonhard is a German futurist and tech speaker who penned the groundbreaking Open Letter to the Partnership on AI in 2016; published in Wired. His passionate plea to Big Tech like Amazon, Google, Facebook and IBM calls on them to lead the way on digital ethics as our decision-making becomes largely replaced by cognitive automation. From his base in Zurich, Switzerland, Gerd regularly speaks on the intersection between humans and technology.
Influenced by William Gibson, Alvin Toffler and Arthur C Clarke; Gerd is an incredible presence with big takes on tech that includes how many professions will become obsolete in the near future and when gadgets will become internal to the human body. His interesting perspective on how artificial intelligence will (and should) interact with humankind is delivered clearly and engagingly for academic, recreational and corporate audiences both digitally and in person. Having spoken at over 1,500 events and counting, Gerd is a firm hand at the wheel for a keynote event that will captivate every single attendee with logic-based tech predictions and data-based anecdotal evidence.