🚀 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””
Category Archives: Ethics
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”
Sam Altman on OpenAI’s upcoming challenges and Responsible AI
I really enjoyed listening to the latest episode of “Unconfuse Me”. Bill Gates invited Sam Altman to discuss AI “because it’s such an exciting thing, and people are also concerned.” Among the insights you can get from the talk, Sam announced the key milestones for the next two years: Multimodality: “Multimodality will definitely be important.ContinueContinue reading “Sam Altman on OpenAI’s upcoming challenges and Responsible AI”
Introducing the Identity Economy
Blockchain and tokenization have brought many changes to identity management, especially in how we deal with our different personas in a digital world.Experimentations of universal digital wallet extend possibilities to have all your digital assets protected in one single virtual place. We see great use cases of NFT implementations in academia and career development, withContinueContinue reading “Introducing the Identity Economy”
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”
Compass – the global voice of professional futurists on AI
The latest issue of Compass – the Association of Professional Futurists – APF quarterly magazine – is out and a real futures-provoking read!In this issue, professional futurists attempt to scratch the surface of AI with a number of compelling articles. I had the pleasure to join this convo as I cover “Generative AI in theContinueContinue reading “Compass – the global voice of professional futurists on AI”
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!”
My Interview on the Future of News and Journalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF0YQWGLGkg&list=PL62zgSMbftMZdGcjL6u8JZznQyL7m6Ran&index=48&ab_channel=SylviaGALLUSSER Excerpt from my podcast with Steve Wells on the Future of Media and News. 1. The search for artificial intelligence has been underway for decades, but what has been behind the acceleration of development over the last 10 years? After the early start of AI and Generative AI in the 1950s and 1960s, mostlyContinueContinue reading “My Interview on the Future of News and Journalism”
FUTURE-FORWARD 2024: Decoding Tomorrow’s Opportunities
I am exhilarated to engage with my brilliant futurist colleagues for a lively conversation on the future of digital assets and estate planning in the age of NFTs, and to analyze the transformative impact of AI, blockchain, and extended reality! Join us in “Decoding future opportunities – horizon 2024 and beyond!” 🚀 Terdema Ussery, aContinueContinue reading “FUTURE-FORWARD 2024: Decoding Tomorrow’s Opportunities”
Future of Media: 3 scenarios (Frugal AI; Tech-Supercharged; Reality Continuum)
In our latest conversation, Steve Wells and I introduce three future scenarios (horizon 2050). They can be discomforting, inspiring, or scary, but a chance for us to reflect on risks and opportunities. We’d love to hear your thoughts and integrate them with our next foresight conversation! https://youtu.be/renj98j9B5c?feature=shared 1️⃣🎍Frugal AI (Constraint for Good): Following concerns aroundContinueContinue reading “Future of Media: 3 scenarios (Frugal AI; Tech-Supercharged; Reality Continuum)”
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”
Top 10 Sci-fi series for Futurists
What is the difference between Science-fiction (sci-fi) and Speculative Fiction (future fiction)? Can sci-fi always be a good tool in the futurist toolbox? We will be discussing this fascinating topic Friday during the Quantum Computing annual conference with Future Hacker! Join us for a FREE digital event, live from the Future Hacker studios, where the brightest mindsContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Sci-fi series for Futurists”
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…”
Friends of the Metaverse – Season of Innovation 2023!
🎉 I am so honored to join Friends of the Metaverse® for the upcoming SEASON OF INNOVATION 2023, including: 🔶 Louis Rosenberg, Unanimous AI🔶 David Palmer, Vodaphone Business🔶 Mischa Dohler, Ericsson🔶 Sasha Wallinger, Blockchain Style Lab🔶 Sylvia Gallusser, Accenture🔶 Alan Smithson 🚀, METAVRSE Thank you so much Lisa M. Lum for the invitation and Sasha Wallinger for the recommendation! Looking forward to this exceptional event! Stay tunedContinueContinue reading “Friends of the Metaverse – Season of Innovation 2023!”
Generative AI and the Future of Marketing
Last week, I was absolutely thrilled to dive into #GenerativeAI and the Future of #Marketing with my Accenture colleague and friend Yulia Barnakova at the Women of the Future virtual event – an awesome initiative by Anne-Marie Enns! “Getting Ready for Generative AI and the Future of Marketing”:The session explored how Generative AI is rapidly transforming content creation, curation and consumption, requiringContinueContinue reading “Generative AI and the Future of Marketing”
Generative AI and the Future of Retail
This month, I got a unique opportunity to be invited as a keynote speaker to launch the Microsoft “Elevating You” conference on the Future of Retail. The masterclass was an opportunity to gain insights into the power and specificities of Generative AI within the realm of Artificial Intelligence. We investigated the ramifications of this ground-breakingContinueContinue reading “Generative AI and the Future of Retail”
Silicon Humanism 