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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

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 six 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 ‘Superpowers’ or Just a Super Search Engine?

AI ‘Superpowers’ or Just a Super Search Engine?

Google’s new AI research assistant is being hyped as a game-changer for science, but so far, it hasn’t actually discovered anything new. If AI is supposed to accelerate breakthroughs, why is it just repackaging existing knowledge?

AI Is Aging—And Forgetting Like a Human

AI Is Aging—And Forgetting Like a Human

Your AI might be smarter than you today, but give it some time and it might start forgetting things just like your grandpa.

AI Is Eating the Web—And This Time, It’s Coming for Itself

AI Is Eating the Web—And This Time, It’s Coming for Itself

AI is now feasting on its own leftovers. The question is: how long before it starves?

What if Scaling GPUs does not Bring us AGI?

What if Scaling GPUs does not Bring us AGI?

Half a trillion dollars later, the AI industry is quietly admitting what some of us have suspected all along: scaling alone won’t get us to AGI. The “just add more GPUs” era is running out of steam.

Your Most Important Customer Might Not Be Human

Your Most Important Customer Might Not Be Human

Forget about convincing people to buy your product. AI might be the one making the decision. If your brand isn’t optimized for AI-generated recommendations, you’re already losing customers you never even knew you had.

AI is Making Us Smarter—Or Just Better at Skimming?

AI is Making Us Smarter—Or Just Better at Skimming?

If AI keeps thinking for us, will we forget how? Generative AI is reshaping knowledge work, but not in the way we hoped.

Mind-Reading AI Is Here—But Are We Ready?

Mind-Reading AI Is Here—But Are We Ready?

If your thoughts were transcribed in real-time, would you be comfortable with the world reading them? Scientists just made a major leap in brain decoding AI, and privacy may never be the same again.

AI Startups: Boom or Bubble? The Billion-Dollar Gamble

AI Startups: Boom or Bubble? The Billion-Dollar Gamble

If you want funding for your startup, just add “AI” to your pitch. Don’t believe me? 80% of Y Combinator’s startups did exactly that last year, and investors poured $110 billion into AI ventures.

The Majorana Qubit: The Start of the Quantum Age

The Majorana Qubit: The Start of the Quantum Age

For decades, quantum computing has felt like Schrödinger’s breakthrough; both imminent and impossibly far away. Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip just changed that. If they’re right, we’re looking at a quantum revolution within years, not decades.