AI and Governance
AI and Governance
Good Day! This is my weekly newsletter, with a dose of insights into the future. The topic of this newsletter is the exponential times we live in, hence the title of f(x) = e^x, which is the (natural) exponential function.
Recently, I launched my new concept The Digital Speaker and you can now book me as an avatar or hologram. Also, my tech trend prediction for 2021 is out, read it here!
How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Corporate Governance
My latest article:
Growing investments in Artificial Intelligence technology have transformed many areas in the business world, especially among high-tech and financial organisations. Companies looking into AI may focus on the potential for automating low-skill tasks, but they are overlooking a major opportunity. Artificial Intelligence can also play a significant role in corporate governance, serving to augment the decision-making processes by the organisation's leadership. As such, AI could lead to better companies.
Three Useful Nuggets of Information
My weekly tips from around the web to get you thinking.
1. AI plays chess in an "almost alien way".
Deepmind, the company of Go world-champion AlphaGo Zero, developed Alpha Zero - a more general version of AlphaGo. In 24 hours, Alpha Zero taught itself to play chess well enough to beat one of the best existing chess programs around. It does so, in an entirely novel, almost alien way. (MIT)
2. Can humans keep the upper hand on AI?
What happens if AI seeks to avoid human intervention and create unwanted situations? Researchers have shown how human operators can maintain control if that happens. (Science Daily)
3. Interested to know what Dolphins talk about? AI might know.
Scientists have used unsupervised learning algorithms to eavesdrop on dolphins. AI enabled them to sift through millions of echolocation clicks and discover patterns. (Independent)
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, a world-leading futurist and global AI keynote speaker who helps leaders decide what AI, and the technologies that follow it, mean for their business. He speaks to leadership teams at their retreats and to conference audiences worldwide, and his WAVE framework gives them a way of deciding that they keep using long after he has left the room. His Intelligence Age Scorecard measures how ready an organization is across the four WAVE pillars.
He holds a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, is a Certified Speaking Professional and Global Speaking Fellow, and ranks among the world’s top futurists on the Global Gurus list (#1 in 2025, #3 in 2026). Salesforce named him one of its 16 leading AI voices. He has written six books, most recently Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, writes the Synthetic Minds newsletter on Substack, and founded Futurwise. Talk to his digital twin on WhatsApp: +1 (830) 463-6967.
