🚀 Exciting Discovery Alert! 🚀🌟 I just tried the captivating board game, The Search for Planet X, and I’m hooked! 🌟🔍 Imagine a blend of competitive deduction and intricate logic puzzles. If you thrive on mental challenges, this game is your cosmic playground.🌠 Why You’ll Love It:hashtag#Worldbuilding: Picture a beautifully futuristic setting where players embark on a celestial quest.ContinueContinue reading “The Search for PlanetX”
Category Archives: Design
Launching… “Future Vision”
🚀 Excited to announce the launch of my new publication, “Future Vision: the newsletter for young futurists”! 🚀 As someone who loves teaching as much as loves studying the future, I believe it’s time for me to act on my will to help the younger ones to embrace it! Every week, we’ll share a tasteContinueContinue reading “Launching… “Future Vision””
Deepfakes: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation
“I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice,” Grimes tweeted to her more than one million followers. Deepfakes will be a core part of the new emerging Identity Economy, as each of us will be able to harness our identity, hoping we keep control over such applications! Let’s shareContinueContinue reading “Deepfakes: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation”
Deepfakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Global Futurist Steve Wells invited me back to his podcast to pursue our exploration of Generative AI and its impact on Media and News. In the last of our 5-episode series, we invited Tunu Wamai to join us. Tunu is an Economics and Political Science graduate of Minerva University and the creator of “Tech PolicyContinueContinue reading “Deepfakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
2024 Ocean Pitch Challenge
🌊🌊🌊 As a partner of Sustainable Ocean Alliance, I am particularly happy to support the launch of the 2024 Ocean Pitch Challenge call for application, an international pitch competition co-organized with RespectOcean aiming at supporting solutions having a positive impact on the ocean.If you have a solution that contributes to preserving the ocean, you should definitely apply!ContinueContinue reading “2024 Ocean Pitch Challenge”
Alternative Futures in the GenAI era
A new global survey demonstrates how AI has worked its way into the news business, even as journalists worry about its implications!The report was published by Journalism AI, an initiative from Polis, the London School of Economics and Political Science’s journalism think tank. It is supported by the Google News Initiative.>> The results show thatContinueContinue reading “Alternative Futures in the GenAI era”
Top 10 Board Games for Futurists!
A few months ago, I shared a Top 10 Sci-fi TV shows for Futurists and assessed how much they rank on the futuristic scale, along three dimensions: Worldbuilding, Storytelling, and Futures Thinking. Friends of mine – who know that I love board games at least as much as I enjoy TV series! – have requestedContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Board Games for Futurists!”
Has the Metaverse lost its Momentum?
Now available! Watch the replay of Season of Innovation 2023 brilliantly organized by Lisa M. Lum and Friends of the Metaverse® where we examine the potential of blockchain, crypto, and the metaverse, and ponder use cases, the ensuing economy, and value creation as of yet and in the future! Here are some excerpts. https://youtu.be/Kq9MKWtqDEo “First,ContinueContinue reading “Has the Metaverse lost its Momentum?”
Future of Media and News – The Role of Generative AI
Don’t miss the latest conversation of futurists Sylvia Gallusser and Steve Wells as they cover the “Future of Media and News – The Role of Generative AI” in a three-episode series of the Informing Choices podcast. For some years, the ongoing and accelerating development of artificial intelligence has been eye- and imagination-catching. And now we have a number of generative AIContinueContinue reading “Future of Media and News – The Role of Generative AI”
12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…
First disclaimer: this article hasn’t been finished, because I want to describe the process, more than the results. And in my opinion, the former is much more enlightening than the latter about the future we are going to live it… for reasons I will soon disclose! Let’s start with the article I was about toContinueContinue reading “12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…”
On Worldbuilding, Artifacts from the Future, and Authenticity in Sci-fi
In this excerpt from the Quantum Thinking Conference organized by Future Hacker, I focus on three key components of sci-fi: worldbuilding, artifacts, and authenticity. Thank you so much Maria for inviting me to speak at the conference. https://youtu.be/64DNpueYTWc Worldbuilding: sci-fi takes the time to create not just a story, but a world, with different layersContinueContinue reading “On Worldbuilding, Artifacts from the Future, and Authenticity in Sci-fi”
Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens
My name is Sylvia Gallusser, I live in San Francisco, and I am thrilled to join you today. I am global futurist and a tech innovation strategist at Accenture. Before that, I created two companies. I am notably the founder and chief futurist of Silicon Humanism which is a futures research company dedicated to exploringContinueContinue reading “Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens”
Anticipating Risks & Opportunities of Generative AI: Prompt Engineer, Larsen Effect, WestWorld Syndrome, Copyright Infringement…
These past months, I participated in panels, podcasts, and keynotes on #GenerativeAI, focusing on anticipating risks and opportunities for individuals and organizations to start their Gen AI ride with confidence and care. I would love your thoughts on those: 1- Regarding #FutureOfWork, a lot of press announces the end of creative, intellectual, and white-collar jobs, with theContinueContinue reading “Anticipating Risks & Opportunities of Generative AI: Prompt Engineer, Larsen Effect, WestWorld Syndrome, Copyright Infringement…”
Human Progress and the Programmable World
Exciting news! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the panel for the upcoming Human Progress and the “Programmable World” #InsightsLive Webinar, hosted by AIXR. As the programmable world continues to revolutionize our lives, let’s dive in virtual worlds, extended reality, web3, generative AI, human/computer interfacing, and the future of the metaverse! I amContinueContinue reading “Human Progress and the Programmable World”
Generative AI and the Future of the Metaverse
By Sylvia Gallusser – Global Futurist @ Silicon Humanism, Tech Innovation Strategist @ Accenture These past years, with the massive development of social media, personalization, and omnichannel strategies, marketing and creative teams have been under more pressure to create assets and deliver more campaigns, faster than ever before. But creating high-quality content requires time, cost,ContinueContinue reading “Generative AI and the Future of the Metaverse”
Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!) 
The Burgeoning Reality Continuum A future-backward perspective by Sylvia Gallusser, Global Futurist @Silicon Humanism, Metaverse Business Strategist @Accenture When I look back to the year 2023, I can think of a distinctive emerging trend that really caught my attention. Disclaimer — I might be biased here as my focus is on technology and I am both aContinueContinue reading “Looking Back at 2023 (…from Year 2033!) ”
A Metaverse Christmas?
Despite the cost-of-living crisis, the Meta Quest series performs well when it comes to tech gifts this Holiday season after recent price drops around Black Friday and the launch of the latest Quest Pro. If this series of device opens the door of the more and more mainstream “metaverse”, parents are being urged to familiarizeContinueContinue reading “A Metaverse Christmas?”
Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!
This past month, I have been busy giving conferences, presentations, podcasts, pitches, and client demos, with a common goal: educate about the metaverse, open possibilities, raise awareness about risks, and overall prepare for the future. I have to admit, the best part is when you actually give a taste of the metaverse. When you giveContinueContinue reading “Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!”
An Ethical Metaverse
The ethical implications of the Metaverse are far-reaching and complex. We certainly shouldn’t underestimate them, but also not turn them into showstoppers as we build the next generation of the Internet. Considering risks, potential harms, and unintended consequences is the first step in creating a responsible metaverse! I’m very much looking forward to exploring theContinueContinue reading “An Ethical Metaverse”
[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?
If you are curious to explore “How the Metaverse will evolve our Human Experience”, have a look at the presentation Metaverse Futurist Sylvia Gallusser gave at APF’s Global Virtual Conference dedicated to the “Futures of Human Experience.” First we introduced the Metaverse beyond Meta, acknowledging the role Meta has played into galvanizing the ecosystem, butContinueContinue reading “[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?”
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