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In this podcast, we delve into how technology intersects with leadership, innovation, and most importantly, the human spirit.
Each episode features visionary leaders from different countries who understand that at the heart of success is the human touch—nurturing a winning mindset, fostering emotional intelligence, soft skills, and building resilient teams. Subscribe and stay tuned for more episodes.
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Welcome to ‘Digital Transformation & AI for Humans’ with Emi.
In this podcast, we delve into how technology intersects with leadership, innovation, and most importantly, the human spirit.
Each episode features visionary leaders from different countries who understand that at the heart of success is the human touch – nurturing a winning mindset, fostering emotional intelligence, soft skills, and building resilient teams.
Subscribe and stay tuned for more episodes.
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What happens when artificial intelligence begins advancing faster than humanity can adapt? Are we still shaping the future, or is technology beginning to shape us?
In this episode of Digital Transformation & AI for Humans, host Emi Olausson Fourounjieva welcomes Kevin Surace, a pioneering AI innovator, inventor, serial entrepreneur and technology executive from New York, to explore the future of humanity in the age of artificial intelligence.
Kevin has built several unicorns, companies valued at over $1 billion, pioneered AI and Generative AI applications, and developed technologies that have transformed industries.
Recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (Davos), Kevin has delivered over 400 keynote speeches, including a TED Talk. He led the development of an early AI virtual assistant, a precursor to Siri and Alexa, helped bring Generative AI into the mainstream in 2017, and holds 95 patents, including 33 in the United States.
And if you're already wondering whether one individual can truly achieve so much, there's more.
Kevin is also an accomplished Broadway and film producer and the author of The Joy Success Cycle, a book exploring how finding joy in everyday tasks can unlock peak performance and sustainable success, without falling into the trap of relentless hustle.
Kevin serves as Chair and CEO of Appvance.ai and Chair of Token Core, advancing AI-driven software testing and next-generation cybersecurity.
Together, we explore the accelerating pace of AI innovation, the future of human intelligence, the implications of quantum computing, and the growing tension between technological progress, human judgment, governance and responsibility.
Key questions explored:
- What happens when AI innovation accelerates beyond human pace?
- Will artificial intelligence eventually outperform humans across most domains, and what will remain uniquely human?
- How could quantum computing transform the future of AI and humanity?
- How can business leaders preserve human judgment as AI increasingly influences decisions?
- Can technological progress and competitive advantage come at the expense of humanity's long-term well-being?
- Are our institutions, governance systems and human capabilities prepared for exponential technological change?
- What assumptions about AI must today's innovation leaders unlearn?
- What should leaders protect, question and rethink as they shape the future?
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About the host, Emi Olausson Fourounjieva
With over 20 years in IT, digital transformation, business growth & leadership, Emi specializes in turning challenges into opportunities for business expansion and personal well-being.
Her contributions have shaped success stories across the corporations and individuals, from driving digital growth, managing resources and leading teams in big companies to empowering leaders to unlock their inner power and succeed in this era of transformation.
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