Amy Webb

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    Management Consulting and Business Consulting

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Recognized as the global leader in strategic foresight, Amy Webb advises business leaders…

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  • Future Today Institute

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Publications

  • The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

    PublicAffairs (an imprint of Hachette)

    In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI--the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself--is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Much more…

    In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI--the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself--is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.

    • Amazon’s Best Science/ Technology Book - 2019
    • Amazon's Best History Book - 2019

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  • The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream

    PublicAffairs (an imprint of Hachette)

    Selected as one of Fast Company's Best Books of 2016, THE SIGNALS ARE TALKING: Why Today’s Fringe is Tomorrow’s Mainstream (PublicAffairs, December 6, 2016) arrives at a fortuitous moment, as it gives critical guidance on how to think like a futurist in order to most accurately answer pressing questions about the future of our economy, business, emerging technologies and political systems.

    • One of Fast Company’s Best Books of 2016
    • Amazon’s Best Book of December…

    Selected as one of Fast Company's Best Books of 2016, THE SIGNALS ARE TALKING: Why Today’s Fringe is Tomorrow’s Mainstream (PublicAffairs, December 6, 2016) arrives at a fortuitous moment, as it gives critical guidance on how to think like a futurist in order to most accurately answer pressing questions about the future of our economy, business, emerging technologies and political systems.

    • One of Fast Company’s Best Books of 2016
    • Amazon’s Best Book of December 2016
    • Washington Post Bestseller
    • Reviews and coverage in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times Review of Books, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, Marketplace.

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Honors & Awards

  • U.S. Army Mad Scientist

    U.S. Army

    Received a U.S. Army Mad Scientist proclamation.

  • Oxford Union Formal Debate

    Oxford University

    Invited to participate in a formal debate at the Oxford Union.

  • Distinguished Achievement Award - Shortlist

    Thinkers50

  • USJLP Fellowship

    US-Japan Leadership Program

    The purpose of the US-Japan Leadership Program (USJLP) is to develop a network of communication, friendship and understanding among the next generation of leaders in each country.

  • Thinkers50 Radar

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    Also known as "the Oscars of management," the Thinkers50 Radar list is the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.

  • Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion

    Society of Professional Journalists

    Recognizing distinguished research in the public interest.

Languages

  • Japanese

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Chinese

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • IEEE

    Professional Member

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  • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

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  • Association of Professional Futurists

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  • The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)

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