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Trendwatcher & futurist, Inspirational speaker, travelling professor, technology trends.

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Richard Hooijdonk
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๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ are taking meetings, answering calls, and delivering earnings reports. Is this the ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? #AI #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
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Weโ€™ve been fighting climate change with concrete and losing โ€“ now cities are learning that working with nature might be the only way to survive. Read my latest article to find out more: https://t.co/xw4h5pfD5A #2050 #SmartCity #UrbanMobility #FutureCity #SmartTransport
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Richard Hooijdonk
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On 27th October 2025, I had the pleasure of speaking for GrandVision Benelux, sharing insights on #SmartGlasses, the shift to experience stores, AI-shopping, and the future of retail. It was a great, engaging panel that was well-received by over 400 attendees. #FutureOfRetail
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Richard Hooijdonk
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While many remain concerned about ๐—”๐—œโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†-๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€, 40% of senior leaders actually expect to hire more people at these levels in the upcoming period. How do you feel about ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? #AI #FutureOfWork #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
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๐—”๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น Are you worried about ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ to an AI agent? A new benchmark developed by researchers at data annotation company Scale AI suggests that those fears may be overblown. #AIAgents #Fut
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Richard Hooijdonk
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The technology meant to protect us has become one of our greatest threats. The results are destroying lives daily. Still trust the algorithms? Read my latest article to find out why it may not be such a good idea: https://t.co/HDvTzRNhRi #FacialRecognition #AIbias #AIracism #AI
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Richard Hooijdonk
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๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ By now, everyone knows that ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น. But do you actually know how many ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ there are in the world? ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ. #AI #AICompanies #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
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Nearly 90% of decision-makers see generative AI as ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น, rather than a replacement. At the same time, 43% are worried that growing reliance on AI will lead to ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† among entry-level workers
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Richard Hooijdonk
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From wrongful arrests to fabricated diagnoses to suicide coaching, AI is failing in ways that destroy real lives. Are we moving too fast with AI? Read my latest article to find out: https://t.co/HDvTzRNhRi #AIbias #AIracism #AIChatbots #AI #TechEthics #DigitalInclusion
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Richard Hooijdonk
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Every high-performing athlete has ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต. Now, every employee can have one too, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—œ. #AI FutureOfWork #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
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AI is now capable of building other AI without any human input. What does this mean for ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ? #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
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By 2050, nearly 70% of the worldโ€™s population will be living in cities powered by AI and renewable energy. But will these smart cities enhance human connection or erode it? Read my latest article to find out: https://t.co/xw4h5pfD5A #2050 #SmartCity #UrbanMobility #FutureCity
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Richard Hooijdonk
19 days
For the first time, scientists used generative AI to create antibodies that successfully bound to real cancer proteins. Is this ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? #AI #DrugDevelopment #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
19 days
Would you pay $20K to ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป? If the answer is yet, youโ€™re in luck - this ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ will do your laundry for you, vacuum your home, and much more. #HomeRobots #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
19 days
Researchers just discovered that some of the leading ๐—”๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป. Could AI be developing a survival drive? #AI #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
19 days
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ To dive deeper into multisensory robotics, read my blog: ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/1gKosCnmG8 #robotics #AI #Automation #MachineLearning #futuretech
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Richard Hooijdonk
20 days
There could be as much as ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ-๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ by 2030. Could AI-powered robots help us solve this problem and ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜? #Robotics #E-waste
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Richard Hooijdonk
20 days
Dogs deserve more years. Loyalโ€™s new ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น aims to extend canine life - and ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜. #Biotech #FutureZone
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Richard Hooijdonk
20 days
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต To learn more about the critical need for human oversight in AI, read my blog: ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/xf9DzN8eSs #AI #AIfail #TechEthics #AIethics #innovation #Technology
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Richard Hooijdonk
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A high school student in Maryland was ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ after an AI detected a gun in his hand. Only it wasnโ€™t a gun, but a bag of Doritos. How could this have happened? #AI #FutureZone
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