AI Empires Are Rising—and Most of the World Is Locked Out
The next Cold War won’t be fought with missiles, it’ll be fought with GPUs, and over 150 countries have already lost without even knowing they were at war.
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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The next Cold War won’t be fought with missiles, it’ll be fought with GPUs, and over 150 countries have already lost without even knowing they were at war.
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Read MoreForget robots taking jobs, the real crisis is a generation offloading its thinking to AI and calling it learning. We’re not automating tasks; we’re atrophying minds.
Read MoreFirst we gave Barbie a Dreamhouse. Now we’re giving her neural nets. What could possibly go wrong when Silicon Valley meets the toy aisle?
Read MoreAustralia is generally far behind the rest of the world when it comes to adopting technology, but with preventing Big Tech from getting our teens addicted to social media, they leed the charge.
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Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers the launch of Futurwise, TikTok’s AI influencers, Nvidia’s quantum leap, Axiom’s rethink of intelligence, cBottle’s climate twin of Earth, and the rise of AI-first jobs. From clarity to chaos, we explore how AI is redesigning work, trust, and even the weather.
Read MoreForget replacement, AI is rewriting what it means to work. From “trust directors” to “AI plumbers,” the future belongs to those who embrace change as an opportunity, not a threat.
Read MoreToday’s AI forgets faster than your boss after a long weekend. But MIT’s new SEAL model just gave LLMs the gift of memory, and a dangerous taste for self-improvement.
Read MoreJensen Huang just admitted he was wrong about quantum. Now he says every supercomputer will soon include a QPU. Blink, and your “data center” becomes an AI factory for digital twins and robots.
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