The film is out now: www.lookupnow.tv :)) LOOK UP NOW - the trailer. This is the trailer for Gerd's new docu-fiction film and series on #artificialintelligence called #lookupnowthefilm, directed by Chris Sean Nolan: How Humans deploying the power of AI can realize "The Good Future". More details are available at www.lookupnow.tv . **** UPDATE: Go here to watch the entire film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEr9MDyMfKc **** #lookupnowthefilm #thegoodfuture LookUpNow (LuN) is a riveting 24-minute film featuring Futurist Gerd Leonhard as host, guide and narrator, on the future of artificial intelligence and humanity, directed by Emmy-award winning producer Christopher Sean Nolan. It is the first episode of a longer series on AI and the future of humanity currently being developed by Gerd and Chris. LuN episode 1 is scheduled for release later this month or early August 2023. PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for distribution partners and brands that want to get involved - please contact us anytime via https://www.futuristgerd.com/contact/contact-gerd/ to start a conversation. The film proposes that we should embrace AI and harness its positive potentials while at the same time we urgently must consider and address its negative side-effects and unintended externalities. We must use AI as a powerful tool but not let it become a purpose on its own. AI should be used to help us to bring about what Gerd calls #thegoodfuture - but not to replace humans, or to whittle away what makes us human, or to further a synthetic, machine-led society. LuN explains why we should welcome smart machines (what Gerd calls intelligent assistance aka IA) but not seek to build generally intelligent artificial entities (AGIs) – because as far as technology is concerned, it’s competence that matters, not consciousness (quoting Professor Stuart Russell). LuN is not about pointing at AI “hurtling towards us like an asteroid, invariably destroying humanity” but about understanding the tremendous powers as well as the complex dangers of it, and redirecting it into our orbit (so to speak) where we could safely harness its potential for the collective good of all of humanity and the planet. Not to deny its possibilities, not to ignore what might go wrong with it, and not to hinder its progress, but to use its power to further our collective flourishing. To not be hasty, naive, or greedy, but to act collectively, with wisdom and foresight, to find a balance between pro-action and precaution.... Writer / creator, host, narrator and executive producer: Gerd Leonhard Director and co-writer: Chris Sean Nolan Editor: Sylvain Collet Music: Memory Arc Licensed via AudioNetwork Watch Gerd's other films: TWICE UPON A TIME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BanqTNbTotU The Good Future https://www.thegoodfuturefilm.com/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHC5n7G5SeI All about AI: http://www.weneedtotalkaboutai.com/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVS5d3-Bis The future of work: http://www.howthefutureworks.tv/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEmyJNTraZg http://www.thegoodfutureexplained.com/ Most of Gerd's videos can also be downloaded via my vimeo channel i.e. http://www.storiesfromthefuture.tv/ #thegoodfuture #techvshuman #futurist Please subscribe to this channel to never miss a thing, and be sure to share Gerd's videos if you like them. And hit that notification bell:)) Sign up for Gerd's 'Best Reads & Finds' curated futurist newsletter at http://www.gerd.digital/ Audio-only versions of most of Gerd's videos are available via SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/gleonhard/tracks, and Spotify see https://gerd.fm/spotify If you enjoy Gerd's videos and talks, please take a look at his best-selling book “Technology vs Humanity” http://www.techvshuman.com/ - it's now available in 14 languages! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Zürich / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com/ ****For all booking inquiries please go here https://www.futuristgerd.com/contact/booking-inquiry/ Twitter: @gleonhard