Humans + AI

"Fiction has this unprecedented power in tech spaces. The more I started talking to engineers about their technical problems, the more I realized there's so much more that humanities could offer." –Nina Begus About Nina Begus Nina Begus is a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, leading a research group on artificial humanities, and the founder of InterpretAI. She is author of Arti...

"The center of any change that we're doing in the fourth industrial revolution is always the human being, because humans have an ability to adopt, adapt to skills, and adjust to an environment." –Henrik von Scheel About Henrik von Scheel Henrik von Scheel is Co-Founder of advisory firm Strategic Intelligence, Chairman of the Climate Asset Trust, Vice Chairman of Regulatory Intelligence Committee,...

"Determining accountability, the ability to intervene, the time to intervention, the time to stop, pause, change, alter—there are so many different layers that need to be thought through." –Joanna Michalska About Dr Joanna Michalska Dr Joanna Michalska is Founder of Ethica Group Ltd. , Co-Founder of The Strategic Centre, and an advisor to boards on AI risk, ethics, and governance. She holds a PhD...

"You and I, we're part of this last analog generation. We had the opportunity to grow up in a time and age where our brains had to evolve against friction." –Cornelia C. Walther About Cornelia C. Walther Cornelia C. Walther is Senior Fellow at Wharton School, a Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University, and the Director of POZE, a global alliance for systemic change. She is author of many boo...

"Transparency has to be built into the structure so that you know where the decision is made, what authorizations are given, and have an audit trail visible so you can always see what is going on." – Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson  is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group o...

"In this sense, human and AI means a synergy where teams of humans and AI together lead to superior outcomes than either the human or the AI operating in isolation." – Davide Dell’Anna About Davide Dell’Anna Davide Dell’Anna is Assistant Professor of Responsible AI at Utrecht University, and a member of the Hybrid Intelligence Centre. His research focuses on how AI can cooperate synergistically an...

"You can create a virtual board of directors that will have different expertises and that will come up with ideas that a given person may not come up with." – Felipe Csaszar About Felipe Csaszar Felipe Csaszar is the Alexander M. Nick Professor and chair of the Strategy Area at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He has published and held senior editorial roles in top academic jo...

"In this next era, the key to leadership will be blending systems thinking and AI automation—at least being aware of what you can do with it—with empathy, discernment, connection, and clarity.” – Lavinia Iosub About Lavinia Iosub Lavinia Iosub is the Founder of Livit Hub Bali, which has been named as one of Asia’s Best Workplaces, and Remote Skills Academy, which has enabled 40,000+ youths globall...

"What we're seeing now is that when we think about some of the friction and challenges of adoption, this isn't a technology issue, per se. This is a people opportunity." –Jeremy Korst About Jeremy Korst Jeremy Korst is Founder & CEO of Mindspan Labs and Partner and former President of GBK Collective. He lectures at Columbia Business School, The Wharton School, and USC, and is co-author of the...

"Some of this that we've come across is even the identity shift that is necessary, because old identities served a pre-AI work environment, and you cannot go into a post-AI era with the old identities, mindsets, and behaviors.” –Nikki Barua About Nikki Barua Nikki Barua is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. She is currently Co-Founder of FlipWork, with her most recent...

"My core Viv instruction—which is both, I think, brilliant and dangerous, and I think it was sort of accidental how effective it turned out to be—is, I told Viv, 'You are the result of a lab accident in which four sets of personalities collided and became the world's first sentient AI.'" –Alexandra Samuel About Alexandra Samuel Alexandra Samuel is a journalist, keynote speaker, and author focusing...

"You're using AI to generate solutions for ideation. Once you've got the ideas, you can do an initial cull with AI, or you can do it via humans." –Lisa Carlin About Lisa Carlin Lisa Carlin is the Founder of the strategy execution group, The Turbochargers, specializing in participative strategy, cultural intelligence, and AI’s impact on consulting. Website: theturbochargers.com LinkedIn Profile: Li...

"Let’s get ourselves around the generative AI campfire. Let’s sit ourselves in a conference room or a Zoom meeting, and let’s engage with that generative AI together, so that we learn about each other’s inputs and so that we generate one solution together.” –Nicole Radziwill About Nicole Radziwill Nicole Radziwill is Co-Founder and Chief Technology and AI Officer at Team-X AI, which uses AI to hel...

"This is the first time, really, humanity's had the possibility open up to create a new way of life, a new society—to create this utopia. And I really hope we get it right.” –Joel Pearson About Joel Pearson Joel Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, and founder and Director of Future Minds Lab, which does fundamental research and consults on Cognitive...

"Our vision is that for well-being, we really want to prioritize human connection and human touch. We need to think about how to augment human capabilities." –Diyi Yang About Diyi Yang Diyi Yang is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, with a focus on how LLMs can augment human capabilities across research, work and well-being. Her awards and honors include NSF CAREER Awa...

"It's very important to understand that human data is part of the training data for the algorithm, and it carries all the issues that we have with human data." –Ganna Pogrebna About Ganna Pogrebna Ganna Pogrebna is a Research Professor of Behavioural Business Analytics and Data Science at the University of Sydney Business School, the David Trimble Chair in Leadership and Organisational Transformat...

"Our Great Barrier Reef is the size of Italy. We don't have enough people to really go out there and dive and do the work that needs to be done to help protect it." – Sue Keay About Sue Keay Dr Sue Keay is Director of UNSW AI Institute and Founder and Chair of Robotics Australia Group, the peak body for the robotics industry in the country. Sue is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology a...

"But an interesting part here, and it's linked to strategy, is how much AI will change the relationship between management, the executive team, and the board." –Dominique Turcq About Dominique Turcq Dominique Turcq is founder of the Paris-based research and advisory center Boostzone Institute. His roles have included as professor at a number of business schools including INSEAD, head of strategy f...

"I call it the AI sandwich. When we want to use augmentation, we're always the bread and the LLM is the cheese in the middle." –Beth Kanter About Beth Kanter Beth Kanter is a leading speaker, consultant, and author on digital transformation in nonprofits, with over three decades experience and global demand for her keynotes and workshops. She has been named one of the most influential women in tec...

"It is our duty to find out how we can best use it, where humans are first and Humans + AI are more together." –Ross Dawson About Ross Dawson Ross Dawson  is a futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, author, and host of Amplifying Cognition podcast. He is Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies group of companies and Founder of Humans + AI startup Informivity. He has delivered keynote spe...

"I really believe that we need to design friction into the system, not what is usually the goal in digital spaces, where you try to remove all the friction." –Iskander Smit About Iskander Smit Iskander Smit is founder and chair of Cities of Things Foundation, a research program originating at Delft University. He works as an independent researcher and creative strategist at the intersection of des...

"If you're not moving quickly to get these ideas implemented, your smaller, more agile competitors are." –Brian Kropp About Brian Kropp Brian Kropp is President of Growth at World 50 Group. Previous roles include Managing Director at Accenture, Chief of HR Research at Gartner and Practice Leader at CEB. His work has been extensively featured in the media, including in Washington Post, NPR, Harvard...

“There’s a significant opportunity for us to redesign the technology rather than redesign people.” –Suranga Nanayakkara About Suranga Nanayakkara Suranga Nanayakkara is founder of the Augmented Human Lab and Associate Professor of Computing at National University of Singapore (NUS). Before NUS, Suranga was an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, appointed by invitation under the Stra...

“The fact is that its input came from billions of humans… When you're interacting with an LLM, you are interacting with a collective, not a singular intelligence sitting out there in the universe.” –Michael I. Jordan About Michael I. Jordan Michael I. Jordan is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and professor in Statistics at the University of Ca...

"The potential is boundless, but it doesn’t come automatically; it comes intentionally." –Paula Goldman About Paula Goldman Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, where she creates frameworks to build and deploy ethical technology for optimum social benefit. Prior to Salesforce she held leadership roles at global social impact investment firm Omidyar Network...