We had a terrific event last night with some remarkable speakers like Saul Griffith to try and answer the question of the night in the slide below. We made some progress but learned how much more we all really need to do. We will be producing videos of all the speakers soon…

Saul Saul Griffith is one of the best in the world in understanding what it will take to solve for climate change. He gave a short talk that challenged all of us to do a lot more… We will have his video produced soon and will share for all.

At Reinvent Futures's event about techno-optimism around #AI , Kate Gordon highlights 3️⃣ areas where AI can help facilitate the transition to a more sustainable, resilient, & equitable energy sector that benefits both the environment & communities. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=EZmR9z…

Entrepreneurs, with passion for a vision, invent the future they want. These are my predictions for abundant, awesome, technology-based, Possible Tomorrows (2035-2049) ... if we allow them to happen! #TED2024 TED Talks

SF co-living homes are like deep ocean currents that drive the nutrient and talent rich city newcomers into convection cells with the experienced and well-capitalized.

The sociology of San Francisco does this amazing thing of idea, talent, and capital discovery 🧵

jorn lyseggen For more on AI optimism and the Great Progression event series, follow Peter Leyden and Reinvent Futures #ReinventFutures

“There’s no question that with AI, we will solve some of the biggest problems we are facing: disease, energy needs, climate issues... that is why I’m optimistic.” Founder jorn lyseggen on the case for optimism in AI. youtube.com/watch?v=CjU8zX…

MyPOV: Harrison Chase sharing his case for optimism.
Reinvent Futures #ReinventFutures

I just published my latest essay that makes the case for techno-optimism around AI. The argument is not just based on my ideas but those of a dozen other technologists & innovators who know something about AI & who we at Reinvent Futures hosted. open.substack.com/pub/peterleyde…

'Why don't we have better robots yet?': just posted on the TED Talks home page under Newest Talks (3rd row from the top) with links to PiE Robotics and Forbes article on art by Ben Wolff Benjamin Wolff @Berkeley_AI UC Berkeley Berkeley Engineering TED.com

Honestly, you have to be a fool or have dementia to think we were better off 4 years ago. This will refresh your memory.

The OpenAI team dropped more wild Sora videos.

100% AI (minus sound)🤯

9 new ones:

1. POV of Bee

Lots of word games over what 'transitory' means, in an attempt to claim that a view that was basically right was somehow wrong. So let's be clear: Summers and the rest of Team Stagflation were predicting something like this 1/

This was among the first posts out of our kickoff event of our new series The AI Age Begins in shaquilledavis that answered the key question: What is the case for techno-optimism around AI?

I love the creative thinking and willingness to build a prototype. More power to them, pun intended.

For more advice see my new book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice

For some reason I can't quite put my finger on, I love this commercial for Minnesota by GREATER MSP

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BREAKING: The IRS says it's on track to collect $560 BILLION in unpaid taxes from wealthy tax cheats.

This is what happens when you fund the IRS.

Anyone trying to rescind funding from the IRS just wants to let wealthy and corporate tax cheats off the hook.

I just published my latest essay that synthesizes my thinking about the historical importance of the arrival of Generative AI as well as introduces a new season of events and media for this year called The AI Age Begins. Check it out:
open.substack.com/pub/peterleyde…