Futurist Speaker

In 1864, nations set rules before catastrophe. Robotics needs the same—clear,
enforceable lines between care and harm, defined before the consequences force it.

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The world didn’t wait for weapons manufacturers to self-regulate warfare. It built a...

Two robots, same tech—one cares, one confronts. When they share origins,
the industry faces a paradox it hasn’t yet acknowledged or resolved.

Trust in robots will not be built incrementally. But it can be destroyed in a single afternoon.

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The real test of AI isn’t conversation—it’s care. Until a robot
can handle fragile, human moments, it hasn’t earned our trust.

The real measure of a robot has never been what it can do in a warehouse. It’s whether you’d trust it alone with the peop...

We built powerful robots without shared rules. Asimov imagined safeguards—
industry delivered terms of service. One incident could expose a framework that doesn’t exist.

Why the most physically intimate technology in human history has no ethical spine — and why that should terrify everyone

By Futurist Thomas Frey...

The simplest chemistry may win: iron, water, air. Rust becomes energy storage—
scaling fast enough to reshape the grid and power the next era

By Futurist Thomas Frey

The most important battery innovation of the decade isn’t made of lithium, cobalt, or any of the exotic materials that supply chain strategists lose sleep over. It’s made of iron, wat...