Public Thinker, Advocate for the human future. Author of Technology vs. Humanity. Defender of Androrithms. 👉 #thegoodfuture. New: videos at https://xitter.cf/t.co/1i5xi53UWC
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Here is an important excerpt from my keynote at the amazing Freedom Games in Lodz last Friday @Freedom_Games Read more here: gerdleonhard.com/work/freedo… (slides!) Watch it all gerd.tv (free) gerd.tv/programs/freedomgame… or yes---- on YT: youtube.com/watch?v=EwIBXvwg…
“AI is not just a technological challenge; nor is it a mere philosophical puzzle. It is a major wake-up call for our universities and other knowledge-based institutions. Such institutions embed assumptions — about human values, the sources and limits of expertise, the proper relationship between society, government and knowledge”
What does human inquiry even mean any more?
ft.com/content/064d657d-1808…
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Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising gerd.fm/4i7U0DI
The Anthropic S-1 Filing Is Also an AI Doomsday Primer gerd.fm/4yGLJvi #aiemergency
“group of Silicon Valley plutocrats to determine our future. Furthermore, corporate and international competition, especially between the United States and China, demands government involvement”
(22) Middle Powers in the New Technology Order - by Don Tapscott
dontapscott.substack.com/p/m…
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Explaining the Future Mindset: Gerd Leonhard 2026 gerd.fm/4wjI8Tx
Stone Age Emotions. Outmoded Institutions. Godlike AI. What Could Go Wrong? youtube.com/shorts/5j4lHXc92… #thegoodfuture or #thebadfuture ?
Start your Monday on the right food:) Take Back Tomorrow! Humanity in the Age of AI. Brand-new Keynote by Gerd Leonhard, FreedomGames2026 gerd.fm/4iq6BkK
gerd.fm/4eu92kS new yt short : the clash of humans and machines is finally here: #aiemergency I talked about this on my #techvshuman book 10 years ago ;))
New on Gerd.TV: Intelligence, Consciousness, AI and The Future of Humanity gerd.fm/4Br66PI
Take Back Tomorrow! Humanity in the Age of AI. Riveting Keynote by Gerd Leonhard, FreedomGames2026
youtu.be/EwIBXvwgl3g
Take Back Tomorrow! Humanity in the Age of AI. My super-charged Keynote at Freedom Games in Lodz youtu.be/EwIBXvwgl3g?si=vQ0V…
“AI is imperial in two ways. On the one hand, China and the United States had empire-like qualities before the AI race began: Washington, the incumbent, pairs global military primacy with an alliance system no rival can match. It also supplies the currency for the lion’s share of international trade and transactions. Beijing, often described as the challenger, combines industrial and supply chain dominance with the world’s largest navy and a tightening grip on the physical and digital infrastructure of countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. For both, AI is a way to extend the power they already wield. But AI is also by its nature an imperial substance.”
Empires of AI
foreignaffairs.com/china/emp…
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Gerd Leonhard retweeted
Wake up!!!
@azeem is calling all these hacks “AI’s Wuhan moment”. Marc Benioff called it a code red.
And it is clear it is all going to get worse.
Yet the AI companies insist on shipping obviously dangerous products.
Meanwhile the U.S. government lacks the will and/or competence to do anything about it.
We are on an express train to hell.
Tell your congress people to temporarily ban AI agents, or brace for impact.
Why I Believe in The Good Future - 2026 New Keynote Compilation By Gerd ... youtu.be/HuktQrwZGvg?si=iznZ… via @YouTube
Gerd Leonhard retweeted
There's a decent chance the internet ceases to exist as such, at least for a time.
AI-enabled bioweapons are also coming, and there's no "shut down the websites" option for that.
We're approaching the point where frontier AI R&D becomes politically untenable.
Vulnerabilities in a programming language that supports much of the internet are so severe that European and British authorities recommend websites temporarily go offline until they can be fixed. nbcnews.com/tech/security/cr…
“Open-weight AI models — especially from China — have democratized access to high-quality AI hacking. These models can be fairly easily “abliterated” — i.e., their guardrails can be easily removed, so that they will do illegal or unethical things.”
The internet breaks
open.substack.com/pub/noahpi…
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Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans gerd.fm/4zcIDR8 Elon is indeed a dangerous man and we should pull our patronage and support from him: Tesla , X++
