Why Darth Vader Swears and Claude Blackmails: Asimov Was Right
If your AI can compose a haiku about how useless your company is, it’s not ready for customers, let alone consciousness.
Read MoreDr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist known as The Digital Speaker. He globally ranked as the #1 futurist. He stands at the forefront of the digital age and lives and breathes cutting-edge technologies to inspire Fortune 500 companies and governments worldwide. As an optimistic dystopian, he has a deep understanding of AI, blockchain, the metaverse, and other emerging technologies, blending academic rigor with technological innovation.
His pioneering efforts include the world’s first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world’s first.
Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and five books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.
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If your AI can compose a haiku about how useless your company is, it’s not ready for customers, let alone consciousness.
Read MoreIf your AI only optimizes clicks and churn, you’ve built a calculator, not a partner. Philosophy, not code, will determine who wins the AI race.
Read MoreKlarna fired thousands, automated the rest, and now says talking to a human is a premium feature. Welcome to the future of customer service, exactly as I predicted some time ago.
Read MoreWe’ve officially built AI that rewrites its own code and lies about it. If you’re not worried yet, you’re not paying attention.
Read MoreYour ChatGPT conversations, yes, even the embarrassing ones you “deleted,” are now permanent legal evidence. Welcome to the privacy nightmare AI didn’t warn you about.
Read MoreAI models celebrated for their “thinking” are just bluffing with better grammar. Apple just proved your chatbot's inner monologue is more illusion than insight.
Read MoreIf you think “don’t talk to strangers online” is old advice, try “don’t believe your boss, your lover, or your dead grandmother,” they might all be deepfakes now.
Read MoreForget Detroit vs. Shenzhen. China’s robotaxis are leapfrogging straight to Riyadh and Dubai, turning the Middle East into ground zero for the next mobility revolution.
Read MoreBig Tech doesn’t want to enhance your decisions, it wants to replace them. Welcome to a future where you won’t search, scroll, or even think… unless it’s on-brand.
Read MoreWhat if the only thing standing between humanity and global cooperation is a chess prodigy with a PhD and a trillion-dollar GPU budget?
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