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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. 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.

Below, you can read all his articles.

AI Search: Confidently Wrong, Dangerously Inaccurate

If AI search engines were students, they’d be the ones confidently shouting wrong answers in class. Loud enough to convince everyone they were right.

AI Without a Moral Compass? The U.S. Just Rewrote the Rules

AI is now a geopolitical battleground, and America just took a sharp right turn. Under Trump, the US is scrubbing “AI fairness” and “safety” from policy, replacing them with a focus on economic dominance and eliminating ideological bias.

China’s Quantum Leap: A 1 Quadrillion-Time Wake-Up Call

Forget supercomputers. China just built a quantum processor that makes them look like abacuses. The Zuchongzhi 3.0 chip completed a task 1 million times faster than Google’s last-gen quantum chip and is 1 quadrillion times faster than the world’s top supercomputers.

AI With Brain Cells? The Birth of Biohybrid Intelligence

AI writing poetry was cute. AI mimicking human thought was impressive. But AI growing real brain cells to process data? That’s where things get weird.

AI Meets the Scientific Method—Is This the Birth of Scientific Superintelligence?

If AI can write poetry and generate memes, why not redesign the laws of physics while it’s at it? Lila Sciences claims it’s building scientific superintelligence, an AI-driven lab that could revolutionize discovery.

AI-Powered Robots Are Here—What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

If AI chatbots giving bad advice was concerning, wait until they start physically acting on it. Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics takes AI beyond the chat window, bringing language models into real-world automation.

Humanity Needs an Upgrade: Are You Ready?

Facing exponential change without self-awareness is like navigating a storm blindfolded. Spiral Dynamics reveals the hidden staircase humanity must climb, moving beyond survival instincts to integrative systems thinking. Are you ready to shift your perspective and become an architect of tomorrow?

Superintelligent AI: The New Nuclear Arms Race?

If you thought nuclear deterrence was terrifying, welcome to its AI-powered sequel. The global AI race is heating up, and nations are already considering cyberattacks to prevent rivals from gaining the upper hand. Have we learned nothing from history?

Regulating the Future: Why Our Laws Are Already Obsolete

We regulate technology like it’s a museum exhibit: slow, rigid, and always one step behind. AI, Web3, and quantum computing don’t wait for policymakers to catch up. The question is: do we build laws that evolve, or keep playing catch-up until it’s too late?