Ronise Nepomuceno

Ronise Nepomuceno is the founder and editor of The Critical Loop. Her career spans journalism, independent publishing and more than 25 years in technology, with a particular focus on digital transformation, responsible innovation and the relationship between technology and society.

Dylan Garcia

Dylan Garcia is an acclaimed fine art photographer and visual artist whose atmospheric work brings landscape, mythology and the climate crisis into compelling conversation.

Claret Christensen

Antonia Claret Soares Christensen is a Brazilian journalist with experience in communications consultancy. She is also a specialist in cultural management. Claret became a translator following her work on international projects since 2004 and her relocation to Denmark in 2010.

WILL AI REPLACE TRANSLATORS?

Claret Christensen traces the translation’s journey from an ancient bridge between cultures to an AI-assisted industry where experienced linguists face falling rates, insecure work and a troubling contradiction.

WILL AI SAVE OR DESTROY PHOTOGRAPHY?

From film to digital, photography has always evolved with technology. But generative AI presents a different challenge: images are created without ever witnessing the world. Dylan Garcia asks if photography will drown in a flood of synthetic sameness or if human input will be even more valuable.

Marco Nepomuceno

Marco Elísio Nepomuceno is a prominent Brazilian voice actor (dublador) and voice director based in São Paulo. He is best known to gamers as the iconic Brazilian Portuguese voice of the Merchant in the Resident Evil 4 2023 remake.

WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR VOICE ACTING WHEN AI CAN CLONE ANY HUMAN VOICE?

Marco Nepomuceno knows that a memorable dubbed performance is built from decisions that never appear in a transcript. Drawing on his work as the Brazilian voice of the Merchant in "Resident Evil: Requiem 4", he considers what voice synthesis can reproduce, and what it cannot understand.

DO YOU REALLY NEED THAT AI COURSE?

As AI learning options multiply, mid-career professionals are being sold knowledge, structure, credibility and career security as though they were the same thing. While some courses offer real value, others may offer little more.

WHAT IS THE REAL REASON FOR WATERMARKING AI-GENERATED CONTENT

Dr Fabio de Oliveira asks what AI watermarking really proves. As invisible markers become part of AI regulation, he argues that detecting AI involvement is not the same as proving AI authorship.

Nigel Nicholson

Nigel Nicholson is Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and is a renowned expert on personality and individual differences, on which he has published widely.

Dr Fabio Gonçalves de Oliveira

Dr Fabio Gonçalves de Oliveira is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Henley Business School, with 18 years of experience in higher education.

Vania La Rocca

Vania La Rocca is an AI product leader and writer exploring the intersection of technology, ethics, regulation and society.

THE FUTURE IS FOR EVERYONE. IS IT REALLY?

Vania La Rocca contrasts Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto with what is already happening far from Silicon Valley. In Uganda, a locally built AI tool based on an open Chinese model is serving farmers in their own languages more effectively and affordably than leading American systems.

AI MEETS UI: HOW HUMANITY CAN SUCCEED WITH TECHNOLOGY

As AI reshapes how we work, learn, decide and organise our lives, Nigel Nicholson asks whether technology will diminish what makes us human, or help us construct new environments in which our unique individuality can flourish.