Your Face Might Know More About Your Health Than Your Doctor
If your selfie can outsmart a doctor at predicting your cancer prognosis, should we be treating the mirror as a medical device?
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 selfie can outsmart a doctor at predicting your cancer prognosis, should we be treating the mirror as a medical device?
Read MoreAI isn’t just replacing jobs, it’s replacing God, your therapist, and your spouse, all in one eerily supportive chatbot session.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers the future of leadership in the age of AI, featuring bird-inspired cognition, AI babysitters, emotional robots, and why Zuckerberg thinks synthetic friends beat real ones. Plus: how to lead wisely when the robots eventually show up with resumes.
Read MoreGoogle wants your 8-year-old chatting with its AI, because monetizing grown-ups wasn’t enough.
Read MoreWe gave AI the power to speak like humans but forgot to teach it how to think. Now it’s confidently wrong in multiple languages.
Read MoreWe built AI to mimic human brains but it turns out birds did it first, and without a neocortex or Silicon Valley budget.
Read MoreForget robot takeovers today; as with any technology it takes longer than we expect, but then surprises us how fast it changed the world. Humanoids might still struggle with basic tasks, but will redefine the world in the 2030s.
Read MoreLeadership is being rewritten, from the top down. In the Age of AI, strategy isn’t about managing disruption; it’s about thriving. It requires an evolved mindset; one that integrates AI, ethics, and empathy in real time. Leaders must shift from command-and-control to watch-and-empower.
Read MoreYour $200,000 degree might now qualify you to lose a job to a language model. Welcome to the AI-shaped job market.
Read MoreIf your AI strategy still relies on one big brain doing everything, you’ve already lost to the swarm.
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