AI Just Got a Brain Scan—and It’s Stranger Than You Thought
Your AI assistant doesn’t think like you, and it definitely doesn’t tell you what it’s really doing.
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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Your AI assistant doesn’t think like you, and it definitely doesn’t tell you what it’s really doing.
Read MoreThe ancient Taoist principles of balance, adaptability, and interconnectedness provide a timeless roadmap for navigating today’s explosive technological innovations—from AI and blockchain to quantum computing and beyond.
Read MoreIf an AI gives better therapy than your last psychologist, should we still be charging $200 an hour for a human with a clipboard?
Read MoreIf you thought AI would just take our jobs, wait until it hijacks political movements, breaks the courts, and radicalizes democracy into chaos, one chatbot at a time.
Read MoreMillennials and Gen-Z are sabotaging company AI strategies, and leaders might be clueless about why.
Read MoreWe’re grading AI intelligence with tests a high schooler could cheat on. Time for a reality check?
Read MoreNvidia rules the AI chip world, but Extropic’s strange new chip might just topple its empire.
Read MoreForget your “random” password, it’s probably predictable. JPMorgan just cracked the code to true randomness with quantum tech.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers the hidden cost of your digital life: quantum computing poised to crack encryption overnight, AI trained on millions of stolen books, AI agents acting without oversight, the AI arms race between the U.S. and China, and tech’s alarming environmental footprint.
Read MoreYour trusted search engine isn’t helping you learn. It’s feeding your biases on autopilot.
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