Byron Reese

What Are His Conferences Like?

Byron Reese’s conferences are known for their optimistic and thoughtful perspective on the future. With an energetic and accessible style, he addresses complex topics like technology, artificial intelligence, and employment in ways that inspire confidence and enthusiasm. Rather than focusing on fears about technology, Byron encourages audiences to adopt a proactive outlook and reflect on how each individual can harness technological advancements to contribute to a better world. His talks, adaptable to various industries, allow business leaders, entrepreneurs, and general audiences to explore how technology can enhance human potential and create unique opportunities.

Selection of Conferences

The Fourth Age: Answering the Big Questions of Tomorrow

In this talk, based on his book *The Fourth Age*, Byron Reese explores the profound philosophical questions surrounding artificial intelligence and humanity’s future. Through an accessible analysis, he invites the audience to apply their own values to questions like machine consciousness, robot rights, and AI’s impact on employment. Using examples from technological evolution, Byron predicts a profound transformation in humanity due to AI and robotics.

AI and Employment: How Robots Create Human Jobs

In response to fears that robots will eliminate jobs, Byron Reese argues that AI and automation will generate new job opportunities, just as electricity and the assembly line revolutionized, rather than eliminated, employment. From the Industrial Revolution to the Fourth Age, Byron explains how technology creates value and highlights how to face the future of work without fear.

The Future of Work

Geared toward anyone looking to stay relevant in a changing world, this talk traces technology’s progression from the invention of language to today and what we can expect in the coming decade. Byron suggests key skills and mindsets to adapt to a future full of opportunities and how technological changes can amplify human qualities.

The Next Golden Age of Humanity

Byron Reese believes that technology has the potential to eradicate long-standing issues like poverty, disease, and hunger. In this conference, he examines how technological advances will solve these problems sooner than expected. Through inspiring examples, Byron shows that a better world is possible and within our reach.