Anitra Eggler

Anitra Eggler has loved and lived and breathed technology since 1998 and has been studying its side effects in depth ever since. From email overload and mobile phone addiction to ‘AI brain fry’, she shows what digitalisation does to people – and how people and businesses can make better use of technology. Not by going less digital, but by using it more consciously and effectively. Her guiding principle is always: people first.

As a journalist, digital pioneer, author and publisher, Anitra Eggler has been among those who have been trying out new technologies early on, scrutinising them critically and explaining them clearly and concisely for three decades.

Long before ‘digital detox’ became a buzzword, she was bringing issues such as email overload, constant distraction and digital stress to the fore. Through her books, media appearances and talks, she has played a decisive role in shaping the debate on a healthy screen-life balance in German-speaking countries.

Today, she is turning her attention to artificial intelligence – with the same curiosity, practical experience and determination that saw her transform from a start-up manager into a digital detox pioneer in 2010.

Whilst in many quarters people are still debating what AI might be capable of in the future, Anitra Eggler is investigating what it is already doing to us today: to our attention, our relationships, our thinking, our productivity, our judgement – and our understanding of reality.

She doesn’t just talk about the future – she tries it out for herself. She takes ChatGPT onto the stage, scales up her publishing house with the help of an AI team, and regularly turns herself into a testing ground. Whether it’s AI dating, ‘dumbphones’ or new forms of human-machine collaboration: where others come up with buzzwords, Anitra Eggler provides well-founded reality checks, surprising perspectives and practical ideas for everyday life.

Her talks are incisive, entertaining and closely tied to real digital life. Anitra Eggler makes people laugh and think – and ensures that, after her talk, they see their smartphones, their digital habits and, increasingly, AI in a whole new light.

Anitra Eggler Lecture topics

• PRODUCTIVITY IS DEAD.

More output. Faster pace. More opportunities. And yet many people are still struggling to make headway with AI. Why? Because the old rules for success no longer apply. Anitra Eggler explains why AI speeds up the rat race and scales up false productivity – and which three new success factors determine who will truly thrive in the age of AI.

• AI UNCENSORED – HUMAN. MACHINE. QUESTIONS OF POWER.

What happens when Anitra Eggler takes to the stage with ChatGPT to discuss the most pressing questions of our time? The AI speaks plainly and holds up a mirror to humanity. This keynote is not just an AI keynote; it is an AI experience. Intelligent, provocative and surprising, it opens up new ways of thinking and perspectives on the future of work, power and what it means to be human.

• HUMAN FIRST. HOW TO MAKE THE AI ERA YOUR BEST TIME YET.

The future doesn’t belong to those with the best AI. It belongs to those who upgrade their humanity in good time. With a ‘relevance radar’, a ‘human firewall’ and a ‘human-first’ approach, Anitra Eggler shows how we can strengthen human judgement, relationships and creativity – and use AI to amplify what makes humans irreplaceable, both today and tomorrow.

• MOBILE, WE NEED TO TALK!

We look at our smartphones more often than we look into the eyes of the person we’re talking to. This takes its toll on our concentration, productivity, quality of life and sometimes even our relationships. With humour, surprising facts and strategies you can put into practice straight away, digital detox pioneer Anitra Eggler shows us how to regain control over our mobiles and our attention.

• AI LOVE YOU.

We’ve welcomed AI as a work tool. Now it’s becoming relationship technology. Anitra Eggler explains why machines seem increasingly human, why people already trust AI more than their closest friends – and why this development could transform work, leadership and the way we live together more profoundly than any previous technological innovation.

• EVERYTHING’S CLEAR. NOTHING MAKES SENSE.

For millennia, knowledge was power. Today, it’s a mass-market commodity. Whilst AI appears ever more intelligent, human intelligence is coming under increasing pressure. An entertaining and thought-provoking keynote on why thinking is a new superpower and why the future belongs not to those who use AI – but to those who still think for themselves, despite AI.

Never the same talk. Always the same standard.

Anitra Eggler’s talks evolve just as rapidly as the technologies she discusses. Every keynote is tailored to the audience, industry and event. Current developments, new studies, surprising self-experiments and the most relevant questions from the respective target group are all incorporated.

The result is not a run-of-the-mill talk, but a bespoke reality check for people living in the digital present.

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