Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 20)

AI’s Coming for Your Job—But Maybe That’s a Good Thing

AI might take your job, but the real danger is doing nothing about it. Are you ready to change?

Synthetic Minds | Claude Lies, Chips Plot, Tao Flows

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers the wisdom of Taoism during disruption—plus quantum randomness, AI sabotage, rebellious chatbots, weird chips, and democracy in the crossfire. From Claude’s secrets to JPMorgan’s quantum leap, we explore the strange, stunning edges of intelligence and instability.

We Taught the Machine to Lie—and It Lied Better Than Us

A machine just convinced people it was more human than actual humans, passing the Turing test for the first time. Meanwhile, policymakers are still debating whether it’s even real intelligence.

While the US Debates TikTok, China Builds Tomorrow

While U.S. politicians argue over tariffs, TikTok, and bathroom policies, China’s quietly turning AI-powered factories into geopolitical shockwaves, faster than the West can pass a budget.

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.

Flowing with Change: How Taoist Wisdom Guides Our Tech-Driven Future

The 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.

Therapist on Tap? Therabot Makes the Couch Optional

If an AI gives better therapy than your last psychologist, should we still be charging $200 an hour for a human with a clipboard?

AI Won’t Just Eat Your Job. It’s Coming for Democracy Next.

If 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.

Is Your Team Quietly Killing Your AI Dreams?

Millennials and Gen-Z are sabotaging company AI strategies, and leaders might be clueless about why.

Why Our Current AI Benchmarks Deserve an F

We’re grading AI intelligence with tests a high schooler could cheat on. Time for a reality check?