Generation Beta: A New Era Begins (and it started last week)!

Generation Beta: A New Era Begins (and it started last week)!

Starting in 2025, a new generation steps into the world: Generation Beta – the kids whoโ€™ll see AI as casually as we (me, a Gen X’er) once saw flip phones. Their growing up will be characterised by hyper-personalised education, voice activated and Augmented Reality everything, and a planet grappling with massive climate challenges. And thatโ€™s […]

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14/16: Humanoid Robots: 40 years after Terminator, are we getting closer?

14/16: Humanoid Robots: 40 years after Terminator, are we getting closer?

In the film, Sarah Connor says, โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฉ.โ€ Kyle Reese replies, โ€œ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง 40 ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ.โ€ Wellโ€ฆ here we are in 2024. Robots that move like us. Learn like us. Cost less than youโ€™d think. The question isnโ€™t if theyโ€™re coming – itโ€™s how much closer theyโ€™ll get to us. […]

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Audience Generated 3d ‘Holograms’ – A new interactive feature for 2025

Audience Generated 3d ‘Holograms’ – A new interactive feature for 2025

2025 is about upping my game. Iโ€™m ramping up interactivity for keynotes and workshops, with five fresh topics. (Details to follow). Hereโ€™s a sneak peek at a new prototype: audience-generated 3D holograms. People come up with ideas โ€“ in this case, “a futuristic gadget that doesnโ€™t yet exist.” AI then transforms their words into a […]

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10/16: Jobs are only going away when problems go away!

10/16: Jobs are only going away when problems go away!

I recently teamed up with respected speaker business consultant, Maria Franzoni, to create a series of short Zoom interviews exploring the impact of AI, future trends, and the exciting opportunities ahead Wondering which jobs will thrive, evolve, or disappear in the AI era? Letโ€™s have a look. Some roles are safe – anything that leans […]

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AI is Shifting: Possibly My Most Consequential Post of 2024!

AI is Shifting: Possibly My Most Consequential Post of 2024!

For about 18 months now, I’ve been talking about ‘Agentic AI‘ – software that acts on your behalf. Yesterday, I stumbled upon Anthropic’s ‘Computer Use’ tool, which carries out instructions on your computer. It’s one of the first publicly available LLM-based AI agents interacting with computer interfaces like a human. Check out their two-minute video […]

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