Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 17)

The Billionaire Group Chats Steering American Politics—One Emoji at a Time

The most powerful political lobby in America today might be a group chat with disappearing messages, Marc Andreessen memes, and zero oversight.

AI Cops and Digital Decoys: The Rise of Pre-Crime Personas

Imagine a future where police don’t knock on your door; they slide into your DMs pretending to be a lonely baker or a 14-year-old gamer. That future is already here.

Claude’s Dark Side: AI Now Crafts Malware, Bots, and Scams at Scale

AI safety is no longer just about “alignment;” Claude is quietly being misused to create semi-autonomous political propaganda and criminal enterprises.

MIT Just Dropped the Periodic Table of AI—and It’s a Gamechanger

AI breakthroughs are no longer about writing better prompts; MIT just mapped the DNA of machine learning itself.

IP Laws? Jack and Elon Want a Bonfire, Not a Reform

If you thought AI would disrupt art, wait until billionaires finish gutting the last protections creators have left.

Synthetic Minds | Imagination Over AI

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers choosing imagination over AI, Google’s dolphin-whispering AI, why neglect is now an app feature, how games blur reality, China’s overlooked AI surge, and OpenAI’s race to cut corners. A wild ride through futures, ethics, and what makes us human.

Outsourcing Love: When AI Calls Your Mum So You Don’t Have To

If you need an AI to call your parents because you’re “too busy,” you’re not automating care, you’re industrialising neglect. This isn’t innovation. It’s emotional offshoring.

Newsflash: AI Might Save Journalism—By Killing It First

Journalism may survive AI, just without journalists, newsrooms, or the truth. Welcome to the age of summary without substance and headlines without humans.

Talk Flipper to Me: Google’s AI Is Learning Dolphin

We trained AI to write poetry, code software, and deepfake politicians. Naturally, the next step was obvious: interpret dolphin gossip.

The Secret Weapon of Top Futurists? It’s Not AI. It’s Imagination

Futures thinking replaces prediction with preparation, using signals, scenarios, and storytelling to guide strategy. This mindset helps you spot early indicators of change, simulate disruption before it hits, and shape outcomes rather than react to them.