Calum Chace writes and speaks about the choices societies face as artificial intelligence accelerates. His work is aimed at leaders who need clear language—and credible scenarios—for navigating automation’s effects on jobs, education, growth, and social contracts. Rather than hype or fatalism, he offers a framework: diagnose where value shifts, design safety rails, and invest in human capability.
A former business executive and journalist with an Oxford PPE background, Chace brings operational intuition to long-term questions. His non-fiction books Surviving AI and The Economic Singularity became accessible primers for executives and policymakers; his techno-thrillers Pandora’s Brain and Pandora’s Oracle explore near-future dilemmas through story. He co-founded the Economic Singularity Foundation, commissioning research and convening debate on technology, work, and welfare models.
Chace’s analysis focuses on practical levers: where AI creates productivity now, which tasks are exposed or augmented, and how organizations can phase investments without losing momentum. He maps governance from principles to controls—measurement, model risk, and accountability—so “responsible AI” becomes an operating capability, not a slogan.
On stage, he avoids easy binaries. He’s optimistic about abundance, realistic about transition costs, and attentive to institutional design. Audiences leave with shared vocabulary, realistic timelines, and a playbook for pilots, guardrails, and workforce adaptation—enough specificity to brief a board, and enough imagination to reframe what work is for.
