Before delving into the realm of artificial intelligence Chace had an impressive career spanning 30 years in business and journalism. His CV boasts a philosophy degree from the University of Oxford as well as working roles as a marketer,strategy consultant and CEO. His former employers are heavyweights with extended history working for KPMG, the BBC, and the British multinational oil and gas company, BP. All this history has informed Chace’s notions of what the future holds and lends credence to his voice on a topic surrounded in mystery.
Chace developed a series of books to help understand the role of AI in our lifetime. His non-fiction works, The Economic Singularity and Surviving AI, are international best-sellers. The Economic Singularity tackles the effects of automation on unemployment rates and measures to counteract an economic disaster. Furthermore, Chace uses his experience and insights to discuss the possibility of a universal income and what jobs will still be viable in a few decades.
Surviving AI focuses further afield on the effects of strong AI on human existence. How and what life will be like in the presence of the first superintelligence? How will we cope with being the second-smartest species on the planet? These questions and others are tackled in Chace’s award-winning book. His only fictional book to date, Pandora’s Brain, is a technological thriller about the first superintelligence. This novel melds fact and fiction to present a truly amazing read that fuzzes the line between what is real and what is not. Available in both audio and print forms it is a massive success.
As a speaker Chace brings all this fruit to bare in fascinating talks on what the future may hold. His insights are relevant to all industries, paygrades, and interests as technology becomes an ever more important presence in our lives. Chace mixes in humour and interesting facts to make his talks more personable and enjoyable. His professionalism and authority make Chace a fantastic speaker who will astound and entertain guests and delegates of all kinds.
