“What we struggle with as humans is to react to slow moving risks.” — Gartner Vice President Sarah Watt

In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Gartner Vice President Sarah Watt to discuss the challenges of combatting climate change. Although geoengineering may be one piece of the puzzle, there must be a combination of technologies, solutions, and resources, as well as an immediate sense of urgency, in order to combat the negative effects of climate change effectively.

About the Guest

Gartner Vice President Analyst Sarah Watt advises clients on sustainability strategy, materiality, goal setting and finance. Her specialist areas include the energy transition, climate mitigation, adaptation, risk management and cost. Sarah also covers areas with relevance to global supply chains including the circular economy, responsible sourcing and biodiversity loss. More recently, Sarah has focused on sustainable IT, including energy and water-related risks.

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"The future of identity is not the same as the future of IAM; IAM is a technological reaction to the broader identity environment." — Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner

In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host, Marty Resnick, sits down with Gartner Vice President Analyst, Akif Khan, about the future of “identity” with a focus on a broad lens using Gartner’s Tapestry Framework and thinking beyond just the technological implications from just an identity and access management (IAM) perspective. Some of the key points discussed include:

• Identity is not limited to technology; it is a societal construct.
• Political, social and regulatory factors significantly impact the future of identity.
• Technology is perhaps the least interesting or the least influential of the forces that shape the future of Identity.

About the Guest

Akif Khan, Ph.D., is a VP analyst within Gartner Research focused on identity verification in digital channels, deepfake detection, preventing accounting takeover (ATO) and malicious bot mitigation.

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In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host and co-lead of the Gartner Futures Lab, Marty Resnick, sits down with Senior Principal Analyst, Philip Walsh, and Director Analyst, Deepak Seth, to discuss the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Rapid advancements in AI and bold claims from prominent entrepreneurs are fueling hype about AGI’s possibility. AGI, also known as “strong AI,” is the (currently hypothetical) intelligence of a machine that can accomplish any intellectual task that a human can perform. It is a trait attributed to future autonomous AI systems that can achieve goals in a wide range of real or virtual environments at least as effectively as humans can.

Although present AI systems shine in certain tasks, they lack the general-purpose learning, understanding and emotional resonance that define human cognition. Is there more to consider in order to achieve AGI, and is that cognition an important criteria for its successful development? Do we also need to consider the importance of consciousness?

Philip Walsh is a senior principal analyst in Gartner's software engineering practice. He helps software engineering leaders develop and implement strategies to build a world-class software engineering organization. His focus is centered on the evolving role of AI in software development, specifically the impact of AI on developer productivity, developer experience, skills and workforce planning, and the evolving nature of the software engineering leader role and org design.

Deepak Seth is a director analyst with a focus on myriad areas, including, but not limited to organizational and operating models for data, analytics, innovation and AI, data frameworks and processes for responsible, ethical and explainable AI, and data, analytics and AI strategy development and strategy alignment.

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