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Scenario prompt 29 July 2025
The prompt for today is Data from Star Trek combined with growing whole brain organoid. How far do you think we are from biological AI or a positronic brain. To map trends, you should read more science fiction.
The other scenario prompts are decoding your biome, diamond-based quantum batteries, self-charging computers, digital sovereignty and you are the upgrade.
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AI Decodes the Secret Language of Your Gut Bacteria
https://scitechdaily.com/ai-decodes-the-secret-language-of-your-gut-bacteria/
Gut bacteria play an important role in a wide range of health conditions. Their sheer diversity and the complexity of their interactions with both the body’s biochemistry and with one another make them difficult to study
Diamond-based quantum battery resists self-discharge, unlocking longer energy storage
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/quantum-battery-diamond-defect-solution
A new battery design using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond could fix the biggest flaw in quantum energy storage.
New Quantum State Of Matter Could Lead To Radiation-Proof Self-Charging Computers
This discovery is important because it may allow signals to be carried by spin rather than electrical charge, offering a new path toward energy-efficient technologies like spin-based electronics or quantum devices.
What is digital sovereignty – and why should your business care?
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/what-is-digital-sovereignty
Public and private sector organisations are worried about US tech supremacy. With limited alternatives on the market, they are turning to open-source solutions and working to build domestic capacity in response
If We Want To Understand The Future Of AI, Just Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7355287102357454850/
Remember Data? With thank to Stephen Klein https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbklein/
Scientists Grow Whole-Brain Organoid To Study Autism And Schizophrenia
https://scienceblog.com/scientists-grow-whole-brain-organoid-to-study-autism-and-schizophrenia/
A research team have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels.
You are the upgrade
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
