Jerry Glenn
Jerry Glenn is a futurist who serves as the executive director of the Millennium Project. He authors an annual publication, “State of the Future.” Previously, he was the executive director of the American Council for the United Nations University and the deputy director of Partnership for Productivity International. He was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi. The Millennium Project is a global participatory think tank in 71 countries, called nodes, which identify major global and local issues. Most participants are from UN agencies, governments, NGOs, and an admixture of others. A few of the 15 Global Challenges include achieving sustainable development and balance climate change; provide clean water without conflict; preserve democracies against authoritarian regimes; empower women and girls; and productively utilize artificial intelligence (AI). Given the potential danger of AI, the UN Summit on the Future should include discussions for a UN Treaty on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)– not the current narrow AI definition.
