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Evelyne Tauchnitz
Evelyne Tauchnitz
April 2025

We May Lose Our Human Unpredictability in a World in Which Algorithms Dictate the Terms of Engagement; These Systems Are Likely to Lead to the Erosion of Freedom and Authenticity

by Evelyne Tauchnitz

“Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) tied to brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and sophisticated surveillance technologies, among other applications, will deeply shape the social, political and economic spheres of life by 2035,…

Jerry Michalski
Jerry Michalski
April 2025

The Blurring of Societal and Cultural Boundaries Is Shifting the Essence of Being Human in Many Ways, Further Disrupting Human Relationships and Mental Health

by Jerry Michalski

“Multiple boundaries are going to blur or melt over the next decade, shifting the experience of being human in disconcerting ways. Among them:  The boundary between reality and fiction: Deepfakes…

Dave_Edwards
Dave_Edwards
April 2025

We Can Be Transformed If the Integration of Synthetic and Organic Intelligence Serves Human Flourishing in All its Unpredictable, Creative and Collective Forms

by Dave Edwards

“By 2035, the essential nature of human experience will be transformed not through the transcendence of our biology, but through an unprecedented integration with synthetic systems that participate in creating…

Lior Zalmanson
Lior Zalmanson
April 2025

Humans Must Design Organizational and Social Structures to Maintain the Capacity to Shape Their Individual and Collective Future or Cede Unprecedented Control to Those in Power

by Lior Zalmanson

“The deepening partnership between humans and artificial intelligence through 2035 reveals a subtle but profound paradox of control. As we embrace AI agents and assistants that promise to enhance our…

Maggie Jackson
Maggie Jackson
April 2025

AIs’ Founders Are Designing AI to Make its Actions Servant to its Aims With As Little Human Interference as Possible, Undermining Human Discernment

by Maggie Jackson

“Human achievements depend on cognitive capabilities that are threatened by humanity’s rising dependence on technology, and more recently, AI. Studies show that active curiosity is born of a capacity to…

Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor
April 2025

AI Will Fundamentally Reshape How and What We Think, Relate to and Understand Ourselves; It Will Also Raise Important Questions About Human Agency and Authenticity

by Noshir Contractor

“As someone deeply immersed in studying how digital technologies shape human networks and behavior, I envision AI’s impact on human experience by 2035 as transformative but not deterministic. The partnership…

April 2025

The Future Could Be Astonishing and Inspiring If Humans Co-Evolve With Open, Ethical AI. But That Vision for 2035 Can’t Be Achieved Without Change

by Alexandra Samuel

“If humans embrace AI as a source of change and challenge and we open ourselves to fundamental questions about the nature of thinking and the boundary between human and machine,…

November 2023

‘It is imperative to start questioning AI and big data assumptions, values and biases’

by Katindi Sivi

“The power of AI to solve problems and transform life should not erase the need for vision or human insight. The more AI advances, the more I feel that people…

Micah Altman
Micah Altman
November 2023

The problems raised by AI cannot be solved simply by bolting guardrails onto existing systems

by Micah Altman

“Popular visions of created intelligence as a utopic or dystopic force date back more than two centuries. Today it is possible to envision that artificial machine intelligence could cause dramatic…

Terri Horton
Terri Horton
November 2023

Hyper-efficiency and productivity due to AI will accelerate innovation at scale by 2040

by Terri Horton

“In 2040, AI will usher in an era of enterprise hyper-efficiency and productivity that accelerates innovation at scale. The proliferation of AI will present a robust landscape of enhanced human…

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