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Patrick Dixon with new AI book at Heathrow Airport WH Smiths. Patrick Dixon is a global AI keynote speaker, author of 18 books. "How AI Will Change Your Life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" is his latest book on Artificial Intelligence. Impact of AI on every industry, government, company and individual. Published by Profile Books in September 2024.
AI will create gigantic benefits for humankind in every industry, saving time and reducing costs. AI will also save hundreds of millions of lives in better health care. At the same time AI will disrupt a billion jobs, kill many in wars, is already out of control, and one day could gain the power to wipe us all out. So what will all this mean for your own career, family, community and wider world? What steps can we take now to survive and succeed in a super-smart world?
"This has been an exciting but also worrying project to research. There is a dark side to AI - for example AI being used by criminals and rogue states to drive even more disruptive cyber-attacks, or used in warfare. Super-smart forms of AI will also develop a form of consciousness, and will gain all kinds of powers which could also disrupt our world and threaten humanity."Read on - buy my new book NOW AI Will Change Your Life".
How AI will change your life - Chapter Headings:
Part One: How AI Is Evolving
1 The Truth About Artificial Intelligence
2 Super-Smart AI and a Reality Check
Part Two: How AI Will Shape Our Future World
3 Workplace AI
4 Office Workers - impact of AI
5 Healthcare - how AI will drive better health
6 Pharma, Disease Prevention and Wellness - how AI will transform pharma
7 Education – in School and at College - AI challenges to education
8 Adult Education and ‘Truth’ - why AI will redefine "Truth"
9 Software Development - AI will help but less than many think
10 Film-making and Music - get ready for AI revolution
11 Search Engines, Social Media, Publishing and Art - massive AI impact
12 Marketing - most campaigns will be driven entirely by AI
13 Retail - AI will have huge impact on retail eg fashion
14 Travel and Leisure - multiple impacts of AI on airlines, auto industry etc
15 Relationships - relationships with AI bots, and impact of AI on human to human relationships
16 Food Industry - AI will drive greater efficiency
17 Satellites and Space Colonies - impossible without AI
18 Manufacturing, Logistics and Supply Chains - major benefits from AI
19 Construction and Cities - AI will transform construction and the built environment
20 Environment - AI will consume huge amounts of power but also enable sustainability initiatives
21 Pensions and Wealth Management - AI already controls most investment decisions
22 Corporate and Retail Banking, and Insurance - AI poses major threats but will deliver cost savings
23 Cybersecurity - greatest risk from AI right now
24 Surveillance - AI is every dictator's dream tech
25 Military and War - get ready for AI driven wars
26 Government - AI will enhance government and threaten democracy
Part Three: How Should We Respond?
27 Ten Steps for Governments
28 Twelve Steps for Individuals
29 Ten Steps for Companies
30 Postscript – A Story
Read on - buy my new book NOW AI Will Change Your Life".
* Patrick Dixon is often described as Europe’s leading Futurist. Author of 18 books, he has advised over 400 of the world’s largest corporations on a wide range of global trends. His clients include Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn and many of the world’s largest manufacturers as well as governments. Patrick is a cancer physician by first training and his first start-up company some decades years ago was an AI-simulator, using computers to talk to and diagnose patients. His website globalchange.com has had 15 million unique visitors with 9 million video views
Patrick Dixon with new AI book at Heathrow Airport WH Smiths. Patrick Dixon is a global AI keynote speaker, author of 18 books. "How AI Will Change Your Life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" is his latest book on Artificial Intelligence. Impact of AI on every industry, government, company and individual. Published by Profile Books in September 2024.
AI will create gigantic benefits for humankind in every industry, saving time and reducing costs. AI will also save hundreds of millions of lives in better health care. At the same time AI will disrupt a billion jobs, kill many in wars, is already out of control, and one day could gain the power to wipe us all out. So what will all this mean for your own career, family, community and wider world? What steps can we take now to survive and succeed in a super-smart world?
"This has been an exciting but also worrying project to research. There is a dark side to AI - for example AI being used by criminals and rogue states to drive even more disruptive cyber-attacks, or used in warfare. Super-smart forms of AI will also develop a form of consciousness, and will gain all kinds of powers which could also disrupt our world and threaten humanity."Read on - buy my new book NOW AI Will Change Your Life".
How AI will change your life - Chapter Headings:
Part One: How AI Is Evolving
1 The Truth About Artificial Intelligence
2 Super-Smart AI and a Reality Check
Part Two: How AI Will Shape Our Future World
3 Workplace AI
4 Office Workers - impact of AI
5 Healthcare - how AI will drive better health
6 Pharma, Disease Prevention and Wellness - how AI will transform pharma
7 Education – in School and at College - AI challenges to education
8 Adult Education and ‘Truth’ - why AI will redefine "Truth"
9 Software Development - AI will help but less than many think
10 Film-making and Music - get ready for AI revolution
11 Search Engines, Social Media, Publishing and Art - massive AI impact
12 Marketing - most campaigns will be driven entirely by AI
13 Retail - AI will have huge impact on retail eg fashion
14 Travel and Leisure - multiple impacts of AI on airlines, auto industry etc
15 Relationships - relationships with AI bots, and impact of AI on human to human relationships
16 Food Industry - AI will drive greater efficiency
17 Satellites and Space Colonies - impossible without AI
18 Manufacturing, Logistics and Supply Chains - major benefits from AI
19 Construction and Cities - AI will transform construction and the built environment
20 Environment - AI will consume huge amounts of power but also enable sustainability initiatives
21 Pensions and Wealth Management - AI already controls most investment decisions
22 Corporate and Retail Banking, and Insurance - AI poses major threats but will deliver cost savings
23 Cybersecurity - greatest risk from AI right now
24 Surveillance - AI is every dictator's dream tech
25 Military and War - get ready for AI driven wars
26 Government - AI will enhance government and threaten democracy
Part Three: How Should We Respond?
27 Ten Steps for Governments
28 Twelve Steps for Individuals
29 Ten Steps for Companies
30 Postscript – A Story
Read on - buy my new book NOW AI Will Change Your Life".
* Patrick Dixon is often described as Europe’s leading Futurist. Author of 18 books, he has advised over 400 of the world’s largest corporations on a wide range of global trends. His clients include Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn and many of the world’s largest manufacturers as well as governments. Patrick is a cancer physician by first training and his first start-up company some decades years ago was an AI-simulator, using computers to talk to and diagnose patients. His website globalchange.com has had 15 million unique visitors with 9 million video views
