31Jul

Futures Week and “Latin America by 2050” launch – Bolivia, Sept. 25-29, 2023

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Bolivia Node, futures week, Global Challenges, Latin America 2050, Mexico Node, publication

Futures Week, hosted in La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on September 25-29, 2023, is a week of co-creation of futures to discover the potential of different realities that will help us build the world that we all dream of. The event, organized by the Franz Tamayo University, UNIFRANZ, chairing the Bolivia Node of The […]

31Jul

The need for AGI regulation – 2nd US Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee on AI

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AI regulation, artificial intelligence, senate hearing

by Jerome Glenn The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee held a second hearing on oversight and regulation of AI, during which the need for AGI regulation was stressed. The first hearing was carried out on May 2023. In this session, carried out on July 25, 2023, witnesses testifying included Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at […]

31Jul

Suggestions for the UN Summit for the Future

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artificial intelligence, environment and health, governance, our common futures, peace and security, summit for the future, transnational organized crime, UN office of existential threats, united nations

Futurists contact your Ministry of Foreign Affairs! There will be a Ministerial Meeting for the UN Summit for the Future September 18th this year for input planning for the following year’s Summit on the Future 2024. The Millennium Project suggests that Futurists in each country contact their Ministry of Foreign Affairs and find out their […]

25Jul

Indicatores Internacionales para la toma de decisiones en Costa Rica 2022

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Costa Rica Node, Indicators, mideplan

The Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica (Mideplan), hosting the Costa Rica Node of The Millennium Project, recently published the fifth report on “Indicadores Internacionales para la toma de decisiones 2022“, edited, among others, by Carlos Alonso Marschall Murillo, Chair of the Costa Rica Node. This report on Costa Rica in the light of […]

25Jul

The Discovery of the Future – June 6-8, 2024

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The Department of Sociology and Social Sciences of the University of Trento organizes, under the patronage of the UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems, the international conference on “The Discovery of the Future in the Social and Human Sciences: Changing science from a primarily past-oriented effort to a primarily future-oriented effort”, 6-8 June 2024. Among the […]

21Jul

UN Security Council meeting on Artificial Intelligence on July 18, 2023 – intake

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artificial general intelligence, intake, UN Security Council, united nations

by Jerome Glenn The UN Security Council first ever meeting on AI opened with briefings from Jack Clark of Anthropic (developer of Claude 2 recent competitor with ChatGPT) and Yi Zeng, Cognitive Intelligence Lab, Instituted of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jack Clark said governments should come together to create safe AI and not let […]

17Jul

Industry 5.0 and the future of work – ESIR Focus Paper

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future of work, Greece Node, Industry 5.0, Work Tech 2050

A new Focus Paper on “Industry 5.0 and the future of work. Making Europe the centre of gravity for future good-quality jobs” by ESIR group (European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Directorate RTD — G, Unit G.1 — Common R&I Strategy & Foresight Service) is now available. The ESIR group has on several occasions […]

16Jul

Letter on AGI by Jerome Glenn – Washington Post

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artificial intelligence, Washington post

A letter by Jerome Glenn to the editor of the Washington Post about AGI and the UN Security Council was recently published on line and in print. Read online: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/security-council-address-broadness-ai/

16Jul

APF 20th anniversary in Washington – July 13-16, 2023

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AGI, APF, Philippines Node

A gathering on the 20th anniversary of the Association of Professional Futurists is taking place in Washington DC from July 13 to July 16. The gathering is focusing on how to lean into the resources of the Washington DC Metro area (the “DMV”) to explore how the forces of inclusion and decentralization will impact decisions […]

03Jul

Citizens’ engagement approaches and methods in R&I foresight

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Brussels Node, European Commission, foresight, MLE, participation, stakeholders

Philippe Destatte, Co-Chair of the Brussels Node of The Millennium Project and President of The Destree Institute hosting the Node, has just released a report on “Citizens’ engagement approaches and methods in R&I foresight” written in the framework of Horizon Europe, Policy Support Facility, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, 2023. The report focuses on […]

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