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Scenario prompts 12 June 2024
Today’s prompts are expert predictions, disappearing beaches, lab-grown ‘mini-guts’, lab-grown brains connected to a computer, vertical farming, consciousness, the first AI beauty pageant and the attention economy.
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Expert Predictions for the Second Half of 2024
https://time.com/charter/6987204/expert-predictions-for-the-second-half-of-2024/
Elections, geopolitics, AI, DEI, talent and changes in work.
Up to 5m of beach are disappearing from this Spanish coast every year: Is climate change to blame?
A study conducted by a group of European researchers, including scientists at the University of Cadiz in Andalusia, recently found that half of the world’s sandy beaches could disappear this century.
Lab-grown ‘mini-guts’ could help in development of new and more personalized treatments for Crohn’s disease
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-lab-grown-mini-guts-personalized.html
The researchers say these mini-guts could in future be used to identify the best treatment for an individual patient, allowing for more precise and personalized treatments.
Swiss Startup Connects 16 Human Mini-Brains to Create Low Energy ‘Biocomputer’
Computer scientists have for decades been vying to emulate the human brain, replicating its neural networks to build artificial intelligence (AI) with enhanced processing power.
Future of Food: Four Myths About Vertical Farming Debunked by an Expert
Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise is simple—plants are grown without soil, with their roots in a solution containing nutrients.
Every Single Cell in Your Body Could Be Conscious, Scientists Say. That Could Rewrite Everything We Know About Human Evolution
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a61059424/every-cell-in-your-body-could-be-conscious/
If trillions of tiny bits of consciousness are floating around inside you, it could change how we think about life. It is called the hologenome. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/you-can-programme-your-biology-and-your-future-with-your-mind/
10 finalists in the world’s first AI beauty pageant announced
https://www.indy100.com/viral/fanvue-ai-beauty-pageant-shortlist
The top 10 finalists for Miss AI, the world’s first artificial intelligence beauty pageant, have been announced.
Americans check their smartphones 96 times a day, survey says
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/americans-check-their-smartphones-96-times-a-day-survey-says
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/branding-as-a-shortcut-to-capture-attention/ and https://www.ronimmink.com/the-fragmented-attention-economy/
