#superkeynote on Future of Digital Labor: AI, Automation, and Human Impact

This is thedited version of my #livestream show from June 12, 2025, on Digital Labor, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Au-1Af304 (this version includes the q&a session as well)

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In this fast-moving #keynotetelevision – style presentation, I explore the transformative impact of so-called “digital labor” driven by artificial intelligence (AI). I discuss the shift from human to digital labor, from HR to IR (intelligent resources), the concept of AI agents, and potential scenarios for AI’s autonomous capabilities. This could be heaven or it could be hell #hellven

Key topics include economic implications, job displacement forecasts, the balance between technology and human control, and ethical considerations for a future driven by “AI everything”.

00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:17 The Rise of Digital Labor
02:26 Autonomous AI ‘workers’ and Its Implications
03:47 Scalability and Economic Impact
05:53 Human vs. Digital Labor
11:23 AI Agents and the Future of Human Work
19:42 Technological Unemployment: perspectives
22:32 Salesforce’s Agent Force example, and Digital Agents
22:56 The Future of Digital Workers
23:59 Challenges of AI: Societal issues
25:39 Andreessen’s Romance and Reality of Technology
26:51 The Five Ps Paradigm
29:01 The Goal of Digital Labor
29:32 AI as Friends?? Really??
30:14 Mechanizing Work and the Automation of the Economy?
36:52 The Shrinking Organization
38:20 The Role of AI in Human Society
43:04 The Future of Work: Human Flourishing
45:27 Conclusion and Call to Action
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Have a look at my films:
Look Up Now (2023): AI and the Future of Humanity: www.lookupnow.tv
TWICE UPON A TIME (2022) https://youtu.be/BanqTNbTotU
The Good Future (2021) https://www.thegoodfuturefilm.com
or https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI
The future of work: http://www.howthefutureworks.tv
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Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Zürich / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com

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