The Big AI Wave is Not Here Yet, with David Ewing Duncan
This episode of the OpenWater Talk Show is a thinker. We sit down with David Ewing Duncan, author, journalist (WIRED, The New York Times, The Atlantic), and “skeptical optimist,” to talk about Wave Theory and convergence.
Wave Theory is a way of looking at new trends and ideas to chart their rise, fall and rise again. It’s fascinating stuff that can be applied to all manner of innovations including AI, the biome, and so much more.
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About the Speaker
David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning journalist, researcher, and advisor in the fields of life science, technology, AI, politics, and culture—and a best-selling author of 12 books published in 21 languages. David writes for Wired, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, MIT Technology Review, Fortune, Scientific American, Atlantic, and many others. He is a former producer and correspondent for ABC Nightline and 20/20, and for NPR’s Morning Edition. He was the longtime Chief Correspondent of NPR Talk’s Tech Nation and the founding director of the Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley.
David is the Creative Director of Cure Experience in New York City and the Co-Founder and CEO of Arc Fusion, which holds unique events around the world on major life science topics for top leaders. He was a Health Entrepreneur in Residence at IDEO. He is a consultant and advisor to select projects, nonprofits, investors, academic programs, and companies.
His latest book is Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and why it’s smaller than you think) (LittleBrownUK and Harvard U Press) about the microbiome of the Earth that connects all life. Other books include Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures (Dutton) on possible futures for robots and AU, and the bestsellers Experimental Man and Calendar.
David gives frequent talks on health, biotech, bio-business, and AI, and often appears in major media. He is an entrepreneur and researcher in personal and molecular health data and has co-founded three companies. He has won the AAAS Magazine Story of the Year and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award three times.
