Gerd Leonhard

Gerd Leonhard is a German futurist, speaker and author who specializes in the debate between humanity and technology.

[4] Leonhard evolved his futurist practice, applying these insights to multiple other industries and social environments.

Humanity,[6] a manifesto for digital rights and an investigation into the many areas of life currently impacted by technology disruption without regulation or policy.

Emphasizing a European tradition of humanist values and philosophy, Leonhard pursues a path of technological balance as evidenced in earlier eras such as the Italian Renaissance.

His Open Letter to the Partnership on AI was published in the British magazine Wired in October 2016, calling on technology leaders at IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon to embrace digital ethics in the emerging era of cognitive automation.