Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 4)

AI Everywhere: Are We Ready for the Machines to Lead?

What if AI wasn’t just in your pocket but also at the center of decisions reshaping industries, society, and creativity itself? Welcome to 2025—where AI’s reach knows no bounds.

Synthetic Minds | Generation Beta, and the Future of Work

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers the Future of Jobs Report, AI reshaping industries, and the ethical challenges of living intelligence. Explore Generation Beta’s role in shaping a sustainable future, Meta’s shift to community notes, and what bacteria networks can teach us about collaboration.

The Future of Work: Automation, Inequality, and Resilience

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 highlights a labor market in upheaval. Automation and AI are reshaping industries, with over 170 million new jobs emerging by 2030 but 92 million others displaced.

Living Intelligence: Redefining the Future of Business

Amy Webb’s latest report highlights the convergence of AI, advanced sensors, and bioengineering into a transformative force called “living intelligence.” This technological triad promises exponential growth and disruption across industries.

How Generation Beta Will Define the Future

The first babies for Gen Beta have already been born. Born between 2025 and 2039, Generation Beta will grow up in a world where AI, automation, and immersive tech are embedded in daily life.

Genesis: a Breakthrough in Digital Physics

Genesis is a game-changer, a physics simulation platform built to run 430,000 times faster than real-time. Created by 20 research labs, this platform doesn't just simulate; it generates lifelike environments, from AI-driven robotic motions to full interactive 3D scenes.

Synthetic Minds | 3D Printing - A Catalyst for Disruption

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers how 3D printing builds the future layer by layer, revolutionizing industries from housing to healthcare. We also dive into AI ethics, mirror life’s dual-edged promise, and the biases hidden in algorithms shaping society.

3D Printing: Creating the Future, Layer by Layer

3D printing is redefining manufacturing, from local Fab Labs to custom consumer goods. It’s a revolution in creativity and a disruption to global supply chains—offering vast potential while raising ethical dilemmas. Discover its transformative power and the role you can play in this layered future.

NVIDIA’s $249 Supercomputer: Humanoid AI in the Palm of Your Hand

NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, priced at $249, delivers an impressive 1.7x generative AI performance boost at 70 trillion operations per second.

Synthetic Minds | Embracing Exponential Growth and AI’s Impact

This week’s Synthetic Minds covers exponential growth, from AI’s transformative role in warfare to Amazon’s green tech revolution. Dive into the ethical dilemmas of AI relationships, the value of futurists in business, and how quantum computing reshapes everything from medicine to energy.