Futurist Gerd Leonhard - Look up Now, AI and the Future of Humanity

LookUpNow (LuN) premiered on August 21, 2023 and is a riveting 24-minute film featuring #Futurist Gerd Leonhard as host, guide and narrator.

Directed and co-written by Emmy-award winning producer Christopher Sean Nolan. It is the first episode in a series of films on AI and the future of humanity currently being developed by Gerd and Chris.

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In the film, Gerd sets forth that we should embrace Artificial Intelligence and harness its positive potentials while at the same time we must urgently consider and address its negative side-effects and unintended externalities. We must use AI as a powerful tool but not let it become a purpose on its own. AI should be used to help us to bring about what Gerd calls #thegoodfuture, not to replace humans, or to whittle away what makes us human, or to enable a synthetic, machine-led society.

LuN explains why we should welcome smart machines but not seek to build generally intelligent artificial entities (AGIs) – because with digital intelligences, it’s competence that matters, not consciousness (quoting Professor Stuart Russell).

Watch it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEr9MDyMfKc and for more details at www.lookupnow.tv

More AI talks by Gerd: https://www.futuristgerd.com/AIYT

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Thank you to:

Executive producer, host and narrator: Gerd Leonhard

Directed by Chris Sean Nolan

Written by Gerd Leonhard and Chris Sean Nolan

Edited by Chris Sean Nolan and Sylvain Collet

Cinematography: Jeremy Holi (Studio Chamberlain)

Assistant Camera: Julien Zanin

Music licensed via Musicbed:

PENDULUM THEORY - Fixation

TONY ANDERSON - Freefall

HAMMOCK - Tether of Yearning

TONY ANDERSON - Retour

JUDAH EARL - Before the Dawn

WHY WE WANDER - Train Departure

TONY ANDERSON - All is Not Lost

DAVID A. MOLINA - Open Scroll

RYAN TAUBERT - Marvel

TONY ANDERSON - After the Storm

ELY EIRA - Out Of The Shadows

RYAN TAUBERT - Frenzy