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What does the Future of Artificial Intelligence look like?

Narjis Hilale has 15 years of global expertise in strategy and insights. She’s is a global citizen having grown up in Morocco, Switzerland and Indonesia, studying in France and Canada, and working in Singapore, Morocco and France.

Narjis is the author of the Women’s Essential’s Box for the Corporate World and an Adjunct Professor at the International University in Geneva.

Mike was looking forward to sitting down with Narjis to gain a better understanding of the future of artificial intelligence. 

“The future is humans and robots so let’s hold hands together and work together so that we can make sure it’s more of an equal world tomorrow.” Narjis Halile

That there could be a future where we’ve finally overcome gender inequality is reassuring. But are we plunging head-on into a future where those same struggles and will play out between humans and robots instead?

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The Future of Time with Dr James Beacham.

What is time?

**There are some audio issues in this podcast.  Especially at 1:50 - 1:55 seconds.  James's audio is great, but unfortunately, some of Mike's is a little distorted.  We're very sorry for this tech glitch but hope you can still enjoy this fascinating interview.  You can listen to the edited YouTube version glitch free at the Futurists World channel

Particle physicist, CERN investigator, and popular futurist, Dr James Beacham is a researcher on the Atlas Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland.

Originally from the midwest USA, James believes that every curious human is secretly a particle physicist and very much enjoys talking about physics with non-specialists… like us!

Mike first met James when he was in Melbourne, Australia to present at Pause Fest.  Then in a lucky turn of events, Mike’s travel plans collided with James again in his home in Geneva.

Mike said that “visiting James at CERN was like a childhood dream come true.  I’d heard of this vast mega lab growing up and imagined the lair of some Jame Bond villain.  And you know what, it totally exceeded these expectations – except for good, not evil.  What a tribute to the ambition of humankind CERN is.  To receive a behind-the-scenes tour with James was unbelievable and unforgettable.  A memory I will cherish forever.  The type of moonshot thinking that James and his colleagues at CERN bring to the world is more important now than ever.”

Needless to say, it was a great experience to get this extra time with James and to experience a guided tour of CERN.  Thanks James!

If you’re not familiar with The European Organization for Nuclear Research or CERN as it’s commonly known, and the LHC.  The LHC is a 27 kilometre supercooled, vacuum-sealed, ringed megastructure that runs underground, crossing the borders of Switzerland and France.  How cool is that! Well, according to James that stills way too small to test his really big ideas!

Deep in his underground lair, James is looking for new phenomena and explanations for some of the key unsolved mysteries of the universe.

He’s also a brilliant public speaker who, like Arthur C Clarke, challenges his audience to take a step past the limits of the possible, by going beyond them into the impossible.

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Legendary humanitarian, healer and thought-leader, Dr MR Rajagopal is arguably the most-decorated doctor in the world, including being a recipient of the Padma Shri, India’s third-highest civilian honour, and a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.

“Dr Raj” is the subject of the recent award-winning, Amazon Prime feature documentary Hippocratic.

As a young man, he was a gifted student and fell into medicine. His great love was for literature.

His illustrious career began in anaesthesiology until a pivotal mid-career experience involving the suicide of one of his patients led him to discover palliative care.

Since then Raj has become one of the most outspoken voices calling for fundamental changes in access to essential pain medicines, like morphine.  He is the founder of Pallium India, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to integrating palliative care into the healthcare system across India.

He has led a rallying cry for modern medicine and the health care system to not only treat disease but also to focus on treating people, and the suffering they’re experiencing.

Mike has known Dr Raj for a number of years and visited him in his home town of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India multiple times as well as crossing paths in numerous countries over the years.  This time Mike was able to sit down with Dr Raj in Durban, South Africa.

Healthcare may not be something you think about much except for when you need it or when you’re considering private health insurance. Do you have it? Do you want it? Can you get it or not?

In this interview, you’ll get a whole new perspective on the issue.  When did healthcare become a ‘system’?  Are advancements in technology actually destroying lives?

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Thanks again for joining us- The Future is Out There!

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If technology is bringing our physical and digital worlds closer together, how will this impact the way we interact with each other?

So much ground to cover and Mike didn’t hold back with the questions for Dutch Futurist Thimon de Jong.

Mike was interested in meeting Thimon as they both started their careers in similar fields.  Mike studied journalism and cut his teeth producing documentaries on youth culture.  Thimon also started in journalism. And as subculture enthusiast, it led him to the role of editor-in-chief of Reload, Hollands leading youth culture magazine.

Thimon is now an expert in the strategic business impact of future human behaviour and societal change. He’s an internationally renowned keynote speaker and leadership trainer.

How is technology changing our behaviour at dinner?

Where will new jobs come from?

Did anyone predict the rise and rise of the nail technician?

What is design bias and what safeguards need to be put in place when it comes to AI?

Mike was able to visit Thimon in his home town of Amsterdam before this horrible pandemic stopped anyone going anywhere!

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Can technology save our outdated education system?

Can we pull ourselves out of the industrial era, cookie-cutter approach to education that inspired the Pink Floyd’s classic ‘Another brick in the wall”

While considering the future of his own children’s education, Mike was very keen to sit down with Jack Delosa, the wildly successful entrepreneur, best selling author, and prolific thought-leader to find out what sort of education his children should be hoping for.

As Jack is also the founder of The Entourage, Australia’s largest education hub for entrepreneurs, he is very tuned into the future of education.

“Human beings love learning. We love it, we’re so naturally curious.” Jack Delosa

Education has got to be on the minds of many parents after the recent experience a lot of us have had with remote learning due to the pandemic lockdowns. 

The forced closure of schools has had a real impact on the use of technology for education at every level.  We’re now seeing many of the world’s leading Universities rushing to embrace online courses and changing and updating the ways they deliver the courses in order to keep their organisations viable.

So, what could the future of education look like?

In this interview, Jack Delosa reveals why the education system is failing our students, and how adaptive learning and AI has the power to disrupt this space and elevate human potential.

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Dom Price is the Sydney-based work futurist at Atlassian, Australia’s leading software company. We’re not sure why the Matrix set is outside their office window.  Dom is originally from the UK but now calling Australia home. 

He’s a popular public speaker who’s passionate about the future of work and unleashing the power of teams.

He thrives on innovation, shifting paradigms, diversity of thought and culture.

“The only way to change effectively is to change for tomorrow.” Dom Price

He’s also very tall! Or is Mike very short?  If you look at the interview with Thimon De Jong you might be starting to believe Mike is vertically challenged, but no, Dom is really tall! And so is Thimon, but that’s a different episode.

So, what is the future of work? Goodbye 9-5, hello flexible working?

Mike and Dom sat down to discuss how to challenge traditional norms around work, unlearning to learn, and how to build the best organisations of the future. Dom’s ideas and insights will defiantly leave you thinking about how to bring your workplace into the future.

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Is humanity getting happier as we progress through time?

It’s hard to answer yes to that question if you’re watching the news! 

Dr Robert Puff is an amazing human and the world’s preeminent happiness expert.  He’s the mentor everyone needs.  An Internationally recognised clinical psychologist and happiness expert with a super-popular podcast called Happiness Podcast .

“So we can have beautiful lives, but we have to be the ones that proactively make that happen. No one else.” Dr Robert Puff

So while Mike was in Southern California he took a direct detour from Disneyland, arguably the ‘Happiest place on Earth’, to sit down with Dr Puff and ask him the secrets behind living well in the modern world.

Time is precious and with so many topics to unpack, Mike dove right in to ask,

“Is humanity getting happier as we progress through time?”

“What’s the best way to monitor and maintain our happiness?”

And

“What does the future of happiness look like?”

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Humanitarianism, Humanitarianism, Humanitarianism,

I dare you to say it out loud three times… 

Jokes aside, meeting Aarathi Krishnan to discuss the future of humanitarianism in Geneva was both inspirational and thought-provoking.

Aarathi heritage is a fusion from Sir Lanka, Australia and India, now Geneva-based thought-leader focussed on the reimagining of social change. She’s the Humanitarian Futures and Strategic Foresight Advisor at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. So she’s absolutely the right person to speak on this topic.

In this interview Mike asked “What is humanitarianism?” and “how does the future of humanitarianism look?”

Til next time, the future is out there.

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Have you ever thought about how to calculate the future of wealth?

And how does wealth relate to equality?

These are big questions and Mike turned happily to Shivani Gopal to find the answers.  Shivani Gopal has quickly become recognised as a feminist thought leader for women, helping them navigate their careers, businesses and financial success.  Shivani is an Indian-Australian,  and the CEO and Co-Founder of The Remarkable Woman, a community dedicated to empowering women and promoting gender equality. 

Gender equality it turns out may be 202 years away!

Shivani's on a mission to reduce that turn around time dramatically to see it happen by 2050.  Which still sounds like kind of a long time to us, but perhaps that’s fast in the scheme of things.

So what is wealth? Is it about money, about opportunity or knowledge?  Where does equity fit in and how do we speed it along?

Mike asked Shivani these questions and plenty more.

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Will technology bring about the end of capitalism?  And do you consider the intelligence of a machine to be similar to that of a human?

Are we really living in the Matrix….

After pondering the virtue of the red pill v the blue pill on the plane.  Mike landed in Zurich and headed to Gerd Leonhard’s to unpack the relationship humans have with technology and where it’s going.

Gerd Leonhard is definitely to man to ponder these questions with.  Gerd’s a world-leading futurist, author, musician and digital entrepreneur. 

In this interview, you’ll learn all about how the line between human and machine is getting very blurred and how technology could completely change our way of life in the not to distant future.  4 hour work week anyone?

This is the extended interview and you can jump over to YouTube Futurists World channel if you want to see the interview.

About Gerd Leonhard: 
A talented musician by origin, and a digital music entrepreneur in the nineties, Gerd has a multi-faceted view on the future of business and humanity’s progression in a world that’s changing so rapidly you need this show just to keep up.

According to Wired Magazine, Gerd is one of the top 100 most influential people in Europe.   

Enjoy Mike Hill's interview on The Future of Technology with Gerd Leonhard.

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