Redefining the relationship of man and machine - an audio-visual meditation by FuturistGerd
Channel: Gerd Leonhard
Date: 2015-11-01

In this unique film, Futurist Gerd Leonhard reads his chapter in the 2015 book 'The Future of Business', entitled 'Redefining the relationship of man and machine'.  In his piece, Gerd addresses the key issues and opportunities that will arise from an increasing convergence of humanity and technology, touching on related topics such as AI, Digital Ethics, reductionism, technological unemployment and machine-thinking.

00:00 - Intro
00:44 - What are the challenges facing societies in the technological future?
03:04 - We are at the pivot point
04:03 - Not the if and why, but the how of technology
05:16 - Hellven challenges
10:15 - Machines don't have ethics
14:58 - How can we remain human?
16:39 - Business as usual is dead or dying
18:37 - Who will be in charge? #digitalethics 
21:22 - Opportunities and challenges

More details on the book, an audio-only version of this video, as well as a free PDF download of Gerd's chapter can be found on his blog at http://bit.ly/1XHjuq2

This film is best watched as a kind of audiovisual meditation: carve out 30 minutes in your schedule, sit back on the couch, put some nice headphones on, and just let the story unfold!

A big thank-you to the producer and art director, Jean Francois Cardella (Story7) and Sylvain Collet (Studio Chamberlain) for editing and special effects.

You can download high- and low-res versions of this film via my public 'GerdCloud.com' Dropbox folder, here: http://gerd.fm/FOBnarrated

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This is what the book is all about: Are you ready for the greatest changes in recent human history? Futurism meets humanism in Gerd Leonhard’s ground-breaking new work of critical observation, discussing the multiple Megashifts that will radically alter not just our society and economy but our values and our biology. Wherever you stand on the scale between techno mania and nostalgia for a lost world, this is a book to challenge, provoke, warn and inspire.

Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Humanist, Author and Keynote Speaker
CEO of The Futures Agency

Zürich / Switzerland
http://www.futuristgerd.com or www.gerdleonhard.de
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