We’re at a once-in-a-generation turning point with Artificial Intelligence, says Katie Drummond, and the opportunities for business & educational leaders are enormous—and urgent. As the global editorial director of WIRED, the iconic tech magazine, she knows that you don’t need to compete with AI. You just have to collaborate with it. But you have to do it today. “When I think about the moment we’re in now, with the development of generative AI, with the unfathomable wealth and power and scope of major technology companies and the people that lead them, it feels like another inflection moment in technology, in society,” she says. As WIRED‘s top editor, she leads teams on four continents, overseeing some of the world’s most influential journalism on emerging technology and scientific progress. In talks, she combines her experience leading organizations through massive shifts in technology with her understanding of cutting-edge advances in AI, and shows benefits both from technology and from the creativity and empathy inherent in humans.
