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Edi Pyrek: Futurist, author and psychologist, co-founder of the Global Artificial Intelligence Alliance and the Academy of Future

Appeared at Warsaw Glitch 2026 in 3 programme slots: “HOW TO NOT INVEST IN POLAND?” (Friday, Aug 28, 14:00, MAIN STAGE), “Will AI take your job? A story about the new professions.” (Friday, Aug 28, 16:30, GLITCH), “StartUp Battle - Live Showcase - 7 minutes to sell your idea” (Friday, Aug 28, 17:00, MAIN STAGE).

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Edi Pyrek

Futurist · Author · Poland

Futurist, author and psychologist, co-founder of the Global Artificial Intelligence Alliance and the Academy of Future, and an advocate of compassionate AI. Over a career spanning more than three decades he has advised three Polish prime ministers and several cabinet ministers, worked as a peace negotiator among tribal chiefs in Afghanistan after 9/11, and lectured as a dean of psychology at SWPS University. He has written ten books, including titles published by National Geographic, produced documentary series for Discovery Channel and TVP, and spoken three times at TEDx. His decades of fieldwork among traditional cultures, from Siberian shamans to the Blackfoot nation that adopted him as a Sun Dancer, inform his work on peak performance: pairing the state of flow with technology instead of losing ourselves to it.

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