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dirkhelbing.bsky.social @dirkhelbing.bsky.social · Apr 11
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Opportunities and Challenges of Neuro-Cybernetic Societies in the Quantum Age:
In essence, technology appears to be much further advanced than most people believe.
This has both interesting and serious implications, both for our society and your human rights...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Opportunities and Challenges of Neuro-Cybernetic Societies in the Quantum Age
PDF | The United Nations has recently announced the year 2025 to be the year of quantum science and technologies. Accordingly, it is time to look into... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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TEDx talk: Who is Messing with Your Digital Twin?
Body, Mind, and Soul for Sale?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv-j...
Who is Messing with Your Digital Twin? Body, Mind, and Soul for Sale? | Dirk Helbing | TEDxIHEID
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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„Räuberische Algorithmen“: Australien will Kindern unter 16 Jahren Nutzung von YouTube verbieten
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
„Räuberische Algorithmen“: Australien will Kindern unter 16 Jahren Nutzung von YouTube verbieten
Verbote von sozialen Medien wie Facebook, Instagram und Tiktok waren bereits angekündigt. Nun will Australiens Regierung auch YouTube für unter 16-Jährige verbieten.
www.tagesspiegel.de
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Papst ruft angesichts von KI zur Wahrung menschlicher Würde auf
www.swissinfo.ch/ger/papst-ru...
Papst ruft angesichts von KI zur Wahrung menschlicher Würde auf
Papst Leo XIV. hat angesichts des "neuen Zeitalters" der Künstlichen Intelligenz dazu aufgerufen, die menschliche Würde im Internet zu wahren. Die Messe fand am Dienstag im Rahmen des Katholischen Wel...
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/papst-ruft-angesichts-von-ki-zur-wahrung-menschlicher-würde-auf/89753397
July 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Australien: Zugang zu Google nur nach Altersverifikation. Geht es wirklich ums Alter, oder will die Politik nicht vielmehr wissen, was wen genau interessiert? Um dann heimlich digitale Twins von uns zu erzeugen und mit diesen dann unser Leben zu steuern?
www.sn.at/politik/welt...
Zugang zu Google nur nach Altersverifikation: Australien zieht enge Grenzen im Internet
Das schnelle Googeln ohne Hürden könnte für Australier bald Vergangenheit sein: Wer künftig online etwas sucht, muss sein Alter nachweisen.
www.sn.at
July 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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What Really Caused the Love Parade Disaster 2010 in Duisburg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPp...
What Really Caused the Love Parade Disaster 2010 in Duisburg
YouTube video by FuturICT
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July 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Analyse der Duisburger Love Parade Katastrophe: In jeder Hinsicht erschütternd!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXj...
Analyse der Duisburger Love Parade Katastrophe
YouTube video by FuturICT
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July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
A SciFi co-created with #ChatGPT on #Alien #Superpower - now available as #Audiobook. Voices created using #ElevenLabs. Illustration created with #Grok.
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Alien Minds Superpower7
Alien Minds: How to Break Free from the Digital Matrix Imagining our future with ChatGPT. A Science Fiction co-created by Dirk Helbing. Illustration created with Grok TEASER In a world w...
docs.google.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Back to the Future: Looking BACK TO see THE better FUTURE ahead. A dinner talk.
Now the audio should be much better! It was changed by the upload, sorry...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnW...
Back to the Future - Dirk Helbing
YouTube video by Computational Social Science ETH
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May 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Upgrading #Democracies with Fairer Voting Methods
@cxdig @cgershen
arxiv.org/abs/2505.14349
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4 - Nature Human Behaviour
Salvi et al. find that GPT-4 outperforms humans in debates when given basic sociodemographic data. With personalization, GPT-4 had 81.2% higher odds of post-debate agreement than humans.
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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ChatGPT ist überzeugender als Menschen
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Lausanne: ChatGPT überzeugender als Menschen
Wetter, Reiseziele, Rezepte: Chatbots spucken nicht nur schnöde Informationen aus, sie können auch argumentieren – und dabei offenbar besser manipulieren als Wesen aus Fleisch und Blut.
www.spiegel.de
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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A multi-currency system to address polycrisis
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A MULTI-CURRENCY SYSTEM TO ADDRESS POLYCRISIS
Many societies are currently facing a situation of polycrisis, i.e. multiple crises at the same time, which may trigger sudden systemic change. Previous studies
papers.ssrn.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Society
Panel discussion on Yuval Harari's "Nexus".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoLi...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Society
YouTube video by Karl der Grosse - das Debattierhaus
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May 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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#Verhaltenssteuerung: Warum „#Nudging“ überholt ist – und gefährlich sein kann. #DigitalManifest
www.welt.de/gesundheit/p...
Nudging: Der gefährliche Nebeneffekt von Nudging, den niemand sieht - WELT
Gezielte Stupser von außen, auch bekannt als „Nudges“, sollen das Verhalten von Menschen positiv beeinflussen. Doch es besteht ein Risiko: Sie denken dann auch weniger nach, warnt der Bildungsforscher...
www.welt.de
May 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Back to the Future: Looking BACK TO see THE better FUTURE ahead. A dinner talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUz_...
Back to the Future - Dirk Helbing
YouTube video by Computational Social Science ETH
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
S.M.A.R.T. - Frank Schweitzer on the @FuturICT project and much more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vyD...
S.M.A.R.T. - Frank Schweitzer
YouTube video by Computational Social Science ETH
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Brings tears to my eyes: “To science. Pilot of industry. Conqueror of disease. Multiplier of the harvest. Explorer of the universe. Revealer of nature’s laws. Eternal guide to truth.”
April 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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We ran a wonderful "Back to the Future" Workshop recently on "Smarter Cities and Societies. What We Can and Cannot Optimize For."
www.backtothefuture.ch
Video recordings of most talks can be found over here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Back to the Future Workshop - YouTube
Playlist of the "Back to the Future Workshop on Smarter Cities and Societies – What We Can and Cannot Optimize For" held at ETH Zurich from 10-14th February ...
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
What cannot be addressed by scientific papers or news,
I love to articulate by means of #ScienceFictions.
There are 3 of them:
(1) iGod - An Urgent Warning to the World
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(2) Freedom Code (see link below)
(3) Alien Minds
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Alien Minds Superpower7
Alien Minds: How to Break Free from the Digital Matrix Imagining our future with ChatGPT. A Science Fiction co-created by Dirk Helbing. Illustration created with Grok TEASER In a world w...
docs.google.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
Falling Walls: Breaking the Wall to Digital Democracy.
My declaration of #DigitalDemocracy back in 2015.
Did anyone notice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKri...
Dirk Helbing – Breaking the Wall to Digital Democracy (FW2015)
YouTube video by Falling Walls Foundation
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
dirkhelbing.bsky.social
Game Theory 1: From the Tragedy of the Commons to Emergent Collective Behavior
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhem...
Game Theory 1: From the Tragedy of the Commons to Emergent Collective Behavior
YouTube video by Computational Social Science ETH
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April 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Internet of Bodies und Gesellschaft 5.0: Informationelle Selbstbestimmung für den digitalen Zwilling
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Internet of Bodies und Gesellschaft 5.0: Informationelle Selbstbestimmung für den digitalen Zwilling
Gesellschaft 5.0: Marcello Ienca, Tenure-Track-Assistenzprofessor für Ethik der KI und Neurowissenschaften an der TUM School of Medicine und Dirk
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April 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Digi, Nano, Bio, Neuro – or why we should care more about converging technologies
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Digi, Nano, Bio, Neuro – or why we should care more about converging technologies
Dirk Helbing expects future digital technologies to penetrate the human body even more in the future. However, he believes that society is not prepared for the risks involved. He puts forward a new le...
ethz.ch
April 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Nano/Bio/Digi/Neuro: Opportunities and Threats of Convergent Technologies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X152...
Nano/Bio/Digi/Neuro: Opportunities and Threats of Convergent Technologies
YouTube video by FuturICT
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM