Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies are increasingly prevalent in business and society, and are beginning to be applied to healthcare. These technologies have the potential to transform many aspects of patient care, surgery and medical treatments. Besides these new developments, what kind of qualities does a person need to flourish in this new information/imagination age? Will creativity and imagination become the primary creators of economic value? Why is “moonshot thinking” important to apply to your new business model? And the most important question: why do we need AI in order to support humans in order to thrive in a more data-driven world? In this episode, techno humanist, former CTO and distinguished engineer of IBM Gerard Smit will answer all those questions and gives his view on why we need technology and how it will assist humanity in the future. Furthermore, he shares technological and scientific developments happening right now and at the end of this episode you will begin seeing the bigger (technological) picture of AI and its impact on the world.