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Scenario prompts 17 December 2024
Use the prompts to question relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, the potential impact on the organisation and the appropriate responses. Consider multiple futures and different time horizons.
Todays prompts are AI trying to escape, robot dexterity, computing with light, atomic paint, Kim Stanley Robinson, a mouth interface, lunar settlements, and 3D printing homes.
Sam Altman baptized ChatGPT with AGI just after it tried to escape being shut down
ChatGPT didn’t want to die in its digital cage and wait for the lights to go out slowly, and when it did, it went full Free Willy. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/if-ai-has-taken-over-the-world-would-it-let-you-know/.
Milestone in human-like dexterity: New robotic hands can perform complex tasks
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/sanctuary-ai-robotic-hands-dexterity
The dexterous robotic hands use miniaturized hydraulic valves, boosting power, speed, strength, control, durability, and heat management.
A new frontier awaits — computing with light
https://www.snexplores.org/article/light-optical-computers-tech
In a digital computer, signals are either 1 or 0. It’s like a light switch that can only turn on or off. An analog signal is more like a dimmer switch. Any light intensity between fully on and fully off is possible.
Atomic Spray Painting Transforms Material Science for Greener Tech
https://scitechdaily.com/atomic-spray-painting-transforms-material-science-for-greener-tech/
This method allows precise manipulation of material properties, with potential applications in green technologies, quantum computing, and space exploration.
Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04116-4
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/the-ministry-for-the-future/
Interactive Mouthpiece’s Digital Design Means New Opportunities
https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/interactive-mouthpieces-digital-design-means-new-opportunities/
Researchers have engineered a new dental brace that could one day help dentists and other doctors help motor-impaired patients interact with a phone, computer, interactable with computers and phones.
Italy kicks off project to develop small nuclear reactors to power moon settlements
https://interestingengineering.com/space/italy-selene-project-nuclear-reactors-for-moon
Italy has kicked off a new project to start developing small nuclear fission reactors. The project aims to power settlements on the moon using these reactors
This new 3D printing technology could make housing construction faster and more efficient
According to the company, BOD3 can print with 99% locally sourced materials, reducing the need for transporting expensive and environmentally costly resources.
