Calum Chace Keynote Speaker

Author of Surviving AI and co-founder of Conscium
Expert on the economic and social impact of artificial intelligence
Adviser to companies and governments on AI policy

Calum Chace's Biography

Calum Chace is a keynote speaker, adviser, and best-selling writer on artificial intelligence. He is a co-founder of an AI startup called Conscium, and he co-hosts the London Futurists Podcast.

Calum’s talks focus on the medium- and long-term impact of AI on all of us, our societies and our economies. He advises companies and governments on AI policy.

Conscium is a startup exploring the possibility of machine consciousness, and offering verification services for AI agents. Its CEO is Daniel Hulme, who sold his AI consultancy for $100m and is currently Chief AI Officer for the world’s largest media group.

The London Futurists Podcast explains complex technology issues for a lay audience and recently posted its 119th episode.

Calum’s non-fiction books on AI are Surviving AI, about superintelligence, and The Economic Singularity, about the future of jobs. Both are now in their third editions.

He also wrote Pandora’s Brain and Pandora’s Oracle, a pair of techno-thrillers about the first superintelligence. He is a regular contributor to magazines, newspapers, and radio.

In the last decade, Calum has given around 200 talks in 20 countries on six continents. Videos of his talks, and lots of other materials are available at www.calumchace.com.

He is co-founder of a think tank focused on the future of jobs, called the Economic Singularity Foundation. The Foundation published Stories from 2045, a collection of short stories written by its members.

Before becoming a full-time writer and speaker, Calum had a 30-year career in journalism and in business, as a marketer, a strategy consultant and a CEO. He studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University, which confirmed his suspicion that science fiction is actually philosophy in fancy dress.

Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities

1. The best time in human history

2. The achievements and promise of AI

3. The economic singularity: joblessness and the leisure society

4. The technological singularity: superintelligence

5. Our most important century

The Next Ten Years

1. Two Big Bangs

2. Exponentials

3. Products: Phones, Cars, Robots

4. Services: Healthcare and Education

5. Superintelligence soon?

Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive

1. The best time in human history

2. Exponential change

3. Companies must get ABLE

4. Individuals must get REAL

5. Why this is the most important time ever

Healthcare and AI

1. The ear and the rear

2. The What, How, and Why of AI

3. CEO of your own health

4. AI-driven pharmacy

5. Longevity Escape Velocity

Education and AI

1. Education is a slow learner

2. The What, How, and Why of AI

3. Personalised AI tutors

4. Virtual education

5. Vacational, not vocational

The Metaverse

1. A very old idea

2. Smartphones and smart glasses

3. Augmented, Virtual, Mixed, and Extended Reality

4. How to make money

5. Use cases

Surviving Superintelligence

1. What is this AI thing anyway?

2. AI’s Big Bangs and the state of the art

3. Can we create human-level AI?

4. Will it be good for us?

5. The Four Cs of Superintelligence

The Economic Singularity: a Jobless Future?

1. De-mystifying AI

2. Exponentials and technological unemployment

3. The Luddite fallacy

4. Automation is our friend

5. Joblessness and Abundance

The Philosophy of AI

1. Intelligence, consciousness, and AI

2. Trolleyology: would you throw the fat man off the bridge?

3. Slaves to the algorithm (with apologies to Grace Jones)

4. Could a machine be a moral agent?

5. The simulation hypothesis

He is a best-selling author and trusted adviser on artificial intelligence, helping leaders make sense of the medium- and long-term impact of AI on society, the economy and the future of work.
He has delivered around 200 talks in 20 countries across six continents, bringing global perspective and real-world experience to mainstage keynotes, executive briefings and strategy sessions.
He co-founded Conscium, a startup exploring machine consciousness and verification for AI agents, giving audiences a front-row view of how frontier AI is evolving beyond today’s capabilities.
He translates complex, fast-moving technology issues into clear, practical thinking through his writing and as co-host of the London Futurists Podcast, equipping non-specialist audiences to engage with AI confidently and critically.
His briefings help organisations stress-test assumptions on jobs, disruption and policy, enabling boards and public-sector leaders to shape more resilient plans in an AI-driven world.

Videos of Calum Chace

Two Singularities

AI and the Next 10 Years

AI and Healthcare

Machine consciousness

Books by Calum Chace

Surviving AI: The promise and peril of artificial intelligence

The Economic Singularity: Artificial intelligence and the death of capitalism

Pandora's Brain

The Internet Start-Up Bible

Comments & Testimonials

"We invited Calum to give a talk on digital transformation. It was great! He is a truly exceptional speaker. He has such charisma and at the same time humility. He provided great insights and examples of what the future may bring. We were talking about his presentation for hours. I can't recommend him enough."

Procter & Gamble

“Calum’s keynote was the best analysis and forecast of the effects of AI in the coming years that I’ve seen so far. It’s not often that one sees such a complex topic presented in such a clear and, at the same time, entertaining way.”

TomTom

“Calum stands out as one of the most insightful and entertaining speakers we have ever hosted. His presentation prompted many enthusiastic and meaningful discussions long after the event was over, which was exactly what we were aiming for!”

Entrepreneurial Society at Imperial College London

“Your keynote was one of the highlights of our conference. It helped our audience to make sense of AI in a practical way. It was particularly helpful to make a controversial and complex topic easy to comprehend for a diverse audience. Thank you, Calum! We look forward to working together in the near future.”

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