One of the great things about a speaking engagement is not the keynote, where I get to deliver my prepared content; it’s the question and answer session.
For me, this is the real test for any presenter – do they really know their subject, or have they just remembered a prepared script?
In the past couple of years, my talks have all been focused on AI.
The Q&A sessions are so important for me as they allow me to test my thinking and also better understand the issues facing my audience.
Sometimes the time allocated to a Q&A session is quite short. The longest I’ve experienced was at the Vistage Exexutive Summit in Manchester in 2023 when the questions went on for 45 minutes,
At my recent (repeat) performance at the Quorum Network event in London, I spoke for 20 minutes and then had over 40 minutes of questions from a very engaged audience.
In this short period, I had almost 20 very different questions. As I filmed the whole talk and the questions, I was able to edit 15 of the best questions together, which appear below.
The topics we covered included:
How important is it for companies to incorporate AI into their strategies?
Can AI develop a sense of self?
Are there physical limits to the technology?
How can Governments use AI to help with the big questions?
How will Quantum Computing enhance AI?
What is the purpose of people in 70 years?
How important is critical thinking in the age of AI?
What guardrails are essential for AI adoption?
Can we afford to wait before we adopt AI?
Are we moving philosophically into a new age of AI?
What are your views on AI being used for companionship?
What are your concerns about AI not co-creating but using existing
data?
Why can’t AI help with the simple things in life?
Would you trust AI to be used by a Judge and Jury?
What question would you have asked had you been in the audience?