dr. Bennie Mols

Bennie Mols is a science journalist, author and speaker with twenty years of experience.

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About Bennie Mols

Bennie Mols is an independent science journalist, author, speaker, and moderator with 25 years of experience. He specializes in artificial intelligence and robotics and has written more than 700 popular science articles for various media outlets (including ACM News, EU Science Media Hub and the Dutch national newspaper NRC Handelsblad). He has been writing and speaking about artificial intelligence since 2010, long before the subject became trending. He gives presentations for companies, governments, universities, non-profit organizations, and the general public. His lectures stand out because he not only shows where AI excels, but also what makes humans unique – and how humans and AI can complement and strengthen each other.

He has published thirteen books, including Slim, slimmer, slimst (2023, about AI), Hallo robot (2017, translated into English and Chinese), Robotics for Future Presidents (2016), and Turings Tango (2012, about AI). He regularly appears on Dutch radio and TV to talk about artificial intelligence and robots. He has a degree in physics and philosophy and a PhD in physics.

With this background, he uniquely combines science, technology, and philosophy, always asking how the combination of these three disciplines can improve people’s lives.

AI as a turbo boost and humanity as a compass

Specialist Subjects

Computers and robots are getting smarter. Are they going to be smarter than humans? Is artificial intelligence or human intelligence different? How can we combine the best of both?

What can AI do better than humans – and what can it not? Which human capabilities remain indispensable? How can humans and AI complement and strengthen each other? How will AI evolve in the years to come? What opportunities and risks will the next wave of AI bring? And how is AI transforming work in your organisation – today and tomorrow?

Robots make people more efficient. Technology has made us more efficient for centuries. Robots do not make people completely unnecessary, they work together with people.

Computer pioneer, hacker of the German Enigma code, inventor of the Turing Test, tragic hero. In his book Turings Tango (2012), Bennie Mols wrote extensively about the life and work of Turing. He also took part in an official Turing test in London in 2014, the first for which a computer was successful. In November 2014, the film ‘The imitation game’ premiered in the Netherlands, about life and work by Alan Turing.

Videos

The one thing computers and robots will never be able to do: Bennie Mols at TEDxDelft

Bennie Mols. Have no fear: the robots are here!

FAQ

‘The world looks so different after learning science’ is what Bennie Mols firmly believes in. With this attitude, it is Bennie Mol’s second nature to educate the public about upcoming trends and technology with a serious and yet, humorous tone. He manages to make hard topics interesting and keeps the audience captivated throughout the lecture.

With a specialization in Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the human brain, Bennie Mols understands the seriousness of what it means to go beyond the barriers of technology that we are currently facing. He shines with critical questions and viewpoints about AI, while keeping the ‘human dimension’ in mind and creating a feeling of excitement for the future.