News - Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 8)

Quantum’s Not Coming — It’s Already Hiring AI

Jensen 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.

Amsterdam’s AI Welfare Dream Just Became a Nightmare

Amsterdam thought AI could end welfare bias. Instead, it proved algorithms can discriminate faster, and with greater confidence.

TikTok’s Newest Influencers Aren’t Even Human

Human influencers, beware, TikTok just launched AI influencers who don’t need lunch breaks or paychecks.

Nvidia Just Bottled the Climate

We finally have a digital twin of Earth with five-kilometer precision, and our first instinct is to help insurance companies raise premiums faster.

The Death of the Click: How AI Just Erased Journalism’s Business Model

Google didn’t just change how we search, it's quietly vaporising the internet’s biggest business model, and the collapse has already begun.

Forget Neural Nets—Axiom Wants to Build Digital Brains

Large language models talk a good game, but they can’t think on their feet, this new AI architecture might finally teach machines to act like they mean it.

Alexa, Drop the Package—And Walk Away Slowly

If you still think the robot apocalypse starts with lasers, you haven’t met Amazon’s latest delivery driver. It is polite, electric, and built to replace you.

Why Darth Vader Swears and Claude Blackmails: Asimov Was Right

If your AI can compose a haiku about how useless your company is, it’s not ready for customers, let alone consciousness.

Your AI Doesn’t Need More Data—It Needs a Soul

If your AI only optimizes clicks and churn, you’ve built a calculator, not a partner. Philosophy, not code, will determine who wins the AI race.

Klarna’s CEO Hires Humans… as a Luxury Perk

Klarna fired thousands, automated the rest, and now says talking to a human is a premium feature. Welcome to the future of customer service, exactly as I predicted some time ago.