Actuary of the Future Section: Speculative Spectacular: Where Fiction Meets Reality Part 2

<p>Explore where fiction meets reality. In Part 2 of the “Speculative Spectacular” series, Nate Worrell talks with award winners from the 14^th Speculative Fiction contest about how fiction writing improves actuarial communication. Then we look at their visions of possible futures, discussing the real world implications related to Artificial Intelligence and a world run by algorithms.  </p> <p>In “Tea Leaves”, Bethany Coffee searches for a soul in a system that decides how risky you are.  A.I. based underwriting results motivate an actuary to develop a cure declining health in Al Klein’s “Preferred Plus”. And in “The Elixir of Life”, Angela Xu explores a calculation that determines if you die or live (possibly forever). Want more? <a href= "https://www.soa.org/sections/2020-speculative-fiction-contest/">Read their stories here.</a> </p> <p><em>The Speculative Spectacular will launch in October of 2022.</em></p>