Aaron Mirck

Some fear AI, others say you can’t live without. But what’s the real deal with AI? This keynote is a crash course on AI and ChatGPT and teaches you to distinguish fact from fiction.

Working ethically, safely and effectively with AI: How do you use AI to work more efficiently? And how do you do it in a way that keeps data safe while using tools that are ethical? You’ll find out in this keynote.

Marketing is changing dramatically because of artificial intelligence. From content creation to the way information is sourced online. How are marketers preparing for a future with AI?

This keynote is a crash course in marketing and AI. Find out about the real impact of artificial intelligence on marketing in an eye-opening, informative and interactive lecture.

Countless students do their homework with tools like ChatGPT on a daily. Is that a problem? And how should education deal with generative AI?

Those questions will be answered in this lecture best described as a crash course on the impact of AI on education. Discover how to handle artificial intelligence in a smart way as an educational institution during this inspiring, informative and interactive keynote.

AI presents a challenge to organizations. How do leaders, managers and directors deal with it in an agile manner? What does AI require of leaders? And what does leadership even mean in times of AI?

Some see the answer to the climate crisis through AI. The other worries about the huge amount of CO2 emissions from using AI tools. What about the impact of AI on the climate is fact – or fiction?

This lecture is a crash course on the climate impact of AI and teaches you to distinguish fact from fiction. Find out what the real deal is about emissions from artificial intelligence tools in an inspiring, informative and interactive keynote.

There is increasing attention to the not so pretty side of AI tools like ChatGPT. There are concerns about copyright, bias, privacy, carbon emissions and working conditions at AI companies.

How do you go about working ethically with AI? And how ethical is working with AI to begin with? All about digital etiquette: How is it done online? This witty, interactive and playful lecture revolves around modern etiquette. Discover the ground rules for the digital age in a keynote that is all about interaction, humor and awareness. Two free workdays every week: This is a lecture with a promise: attendees get two free work days every work week – without working one minute longer. Discover how to get more done in less time.

Aaron knows better than anyone that humor creates connection; it makes heavy subject matters more lighthearted and imagistic. Nor does he spare himself on stage. For example, he tells in song how he once lost a poetry contest to ChatGPT. Ouch!

To really get people moving, make them smarter with technology, practical insights and tips are indispensable according to Aaron. He likes to share these with his audience during a training or lecture.

As befits a word artist/thinker/poet, Aaron presents many surprising insights about technology with the audience. Unique perspectives on existing themes keep the audience captivated from beginning to end.

Aaron has worked for several tech companies, including Inner Circle, Deezer and Equinix. He was also a co-founder and CEO of a tech startup himself and has been experimenting with AI for years.  His story on stage draws richly from his experiences.

A quiz, exchanging experiences, space for questions, responding to what is happening in the audience; Aaron’s presentation style can be called more than interactive, he constantly involves his audience in his story.

“Doing good, making the world a better place, not for the money, but for the people. Everything of value is defenseless. Optimism is a duty. Technology is too important to leave to techies. The future is a verb, you have a say in it.

Every day I write down three things I’m grateful for; if I gave a lecture and someone comments that I touched them, made them look at the world differently or changed their habits, that’s at the top of my list that day!”

Every day I write down three things I’m grateful for; if I gave a lecture and someone comments that I touched them, made them look at the world differently or changed their habits, that’s at the top of my list that day!”

“I am of value by holding a mirror up to people. Thanks to humor, I get away with a lot. I provide surprise, inspiration and motivation to have people look differently at everyday technology and the way we work with it. I tell that story with equal ease – and perhaps even more pleasure – to a group of techies or marketers who are doing everything they can to keep us addicted to digital technology. It’s fun when it chafes; resistance is there to be overcome.”

“On the one hand, that’s Johann Hari, who has written a lot of meaningful and inspiring things about how we’re losing our focus on digital technology. His book ‘Stolen Focus’ is my inspiration for much of what I do. In addition, I love Karel van het Reve. Grunberg wrote that Van het Reve taught him how to think (and we shouldn’t call him God more than three times a year, because that would be pathetic). I concur. He dares to take the cudgel, to defend exciting propositions and encourages one to be critical.”

“To combine just a few apparent contradictions: substance as well as humor, philosophical insights that are not too abstract, and a critical look at how we interact with technology without getting creepy.”