Richard Yonck

About

Futurist Richard Yonck is the founder of Intelligent Future Consulting where he consults to businesses, speaks to audiences and writes about emerging trends and technologies, with a focus on their impacts on business and society. His new book, "FUTURE MINDS: The Rise of Intelligence from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe" challenges our assumptions about the nature and future of intelligence. He is also the author of the best-selling book, “HEART OF THE MACHINE: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence“ (Arcade Publishing, NY), which explores the emerging technologies that allow computers and robots to read, interpret, replicate, even influence human emotions.

Richard regularly writes about the future and emerging technologies for a range of publications including Scientific American, The Futurist Magazine, World Future Review, Fast Company, Wired, Psychology Today, H+ Magazine, Salon, Mensa Bulletin, American Cinematographer, The Seattle Times and others. He’s been interviewed and quoted about the future in numerous mediums, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC News, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, SAP Digitalist, Sports Illustrated, Singularity Hub and numerous podcasts and radio programs.

Formerly the Computing and Artificial Intelligence contributing editor for The Futurist Magazine, Richard is a former board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, a member of the National Association of Science Writers and a TED speaker.

Books by Richard Yonck

Recent Posts

When Your BFF Is an AI

In the future, some of our relationships may be very different.

The Future of Artificial Emotional Awareness

Computers are learning to read your emotions. How will this change your world?

The Emotional Life of Intelligent Machines

How do you feel about emotional robots? How will they feel about you?

The Coming Era of Emotional Machines

What if your technology knew how you felt?

Is Blended Intelligence the Next Stage of Human Evolution?

We human beings are continually being changed by our technology. How has this affected us and how might it influence our future?

Westworld, Emotion and the Dilemma of Machine Consciousness

Emmy contender Westworld raises awareness about the future of machine self-awareness. How much longer before real robots are nominees?

Westworld, Emotion, and the Dilemma of Machine Consciousness

Will consciousness always separate humans from machines? Don't be so sure.

The Emotional Machine and You

Computers are becoming increasingly capable of interpreting and manipulating human emotion. How will this alter our relationship with our technology?

How to Build a Brain

How would you go about building a brain? Researchers around the world are working to answer that question, using approaches that are as varied as they are ingenious.

Rise of the Intelligent Machines (Part 1)

Most of us find it exceedingly easy to dismiss any attempt to equate the behaviors of machines with intelligence. Perhaps if we looked a little closer, we'd think differently.