Silicon Humanism founder, Sylvia Gallusser, worked for television and radio in France and in strategy consulting in California before making a career transition to become a professional futurist. The job title of a futurist might not have been on the shortlist of many children’s dream jobs growing up, but the discipline has become essential as companies and brands race to incorporate changing technology into their long-term strategies. Futurists are trained to read the signals playing out in society that offer clues to how the world will look down the road and advise the rest of us about how to prepare. Futures thinking is also an invaluable resource for individuals, from the youth to the elderly. Host Peter Bittner talked with Sylvia about how a futurist views the development of AI technology.
Show Notes:
(2:13) Sylvia’s career from journalist to futurist
(4:08) How one becomes a futurist
(6:06) What, exactly, does a futurist do anyway?
(7:20) Sylvia explains what she calls “the generative AI revolution”
(8:39) How a futurist reads the signals of how AI will influence the world
(9:59) The new challenges AI presents to journalists
(14:46) What can be done to stop the damage caused by deep fakes
(17:25) Deep fake detectors
(19:21) Sylvia breaks down the different groups of actors who will use AI for bad and good
(21:26) The gray zone: the ways people can unintentionally cause harm with AI
(22:21) How artists and musicians might be tempted to use image-generating AI to enrich themselves
Reach out to Sylvia on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviagallusser/
Sylvia’s Company Silicon Humanism:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/siliconhumanism/
Sylvia’s newsletter about Futurism:
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7158608122360512512/
Want to become a futurist yourself? Check out the Institute for the Future:
https://www.iftf.org/about-iftf/
Learn more about The Upgrade and our online courses
Connect on LinkedIn with Peter Bittner, The Upgrade’s founder and CEO
Special thanks to Mitch Walker for helping to design the podcast’s artwork
Silicon Humanism founder, Sylvia Gallusser, worked for television and radio in France and in strategy consulting in California before making a career transition to become a professional futurist. The job title of a futurist might not have been on the shortlist of many children’s dream jobs growing up, but the discipline has become essential as companies and brands race to incorporate changing technology into their long-term strategies. Futurists are trained to read the signals playing out in society that offer clues to how the world will look down the road and advise the rest of us about how to prepare. Futures thinking is also an invaluable resource for individuals, from the youth to the elderly. Host Peter Bittner talked with Sylvia about how a futurist views the development of AI technology.
Show Notes:
(2:13) Sylvia’s career from journalist to futurist
(4:08) How one becomes a futurist
(6:06) What, exactly, does a futurist do anyway?
(7:20) Sylvia explains what she calls “the generative AI revolution”
(8:39) How a futurist reads the signals of how AI will influence the world
(9:59) The new challenges AI presents to journalists
(14:46) What can be done to stop the damage caused by deep fakes
(17:25) Deep fake detectors
(19:21) Sylvia breaks down the different groups of actors who will use AI for bad and good
(21:26) The gray zone: the ways people can unintentionally cause harm with AI
(22:21) How artists and musicians might be tempted to use image-generating AI to enrich themselves
Reach out to Sylvia on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviagallusser/
Sylvia’s Company Silicon Humanism:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/siliconhumanism/
Sylvia’s newsletter about Futurism:
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7158608122360512512/
Want to become a futurist yourself? Check out the Institute for the Future:
https://www.iftf.org/about-iftf/
Learn more about The Upgrade and our online courses
Connect on LinkedIn with Peter Bittner, The Upgrade’s founder and CEO
Special thanks to Mitch Walker for helping to design the podcast’s artwork