Greetings from Amsterdam

Greetings from Amsterdam. On my way back from Yerevan where we had an excellent event discussing impact AI, invest AI and industry AI. Yerevan is awesome. If you want  me to speak at your event, contact me at ron@ronimmink.com

Scenario prompts 19 November 2024

Today’s prompts are DNA-printing, blockchain-powered cities, AI in science, trends to watch, designer genomes, robot swarms, voice interfaces, AI-powered shopping and citizen development.

Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.

A New DNA-Printing Technique Could Revolutionize How We Store Data

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-dna-printing-technique-could-revolutionize-how-we-store-data

A new technique for writing data to DNA works like a printing press and makes it easy enough that anyone could do it.

Brave new city: Bahrain’s blockchain-powered metropolis

https://wired.me/technology/bahrain-blockchain-city/

Inside Bahrain’s bold leap to build the world’s first blockchain-powered metropolis, fusing technology with a bold vision for the future.

9 ways AI is advancing science

https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-ai-big-scientific-breakthroughs-2024/

Protein, brain, flooding, wildfires, weather, mathematical reasoning, chemical reactivity and kinetics and material science.

Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2025

https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2024/11/18/tom-standages-ten-trends-to-watch-in-2025

To navigate the future, it can help to anticipate the unlikely. AI and cleantech.

A ChatGPT-Like AI Can Now Design Whole New Genomes From Scratch

https://singularityhub.com/2024/11/18/a-chatgpt-like-ai-can-now-design-entirely-new-genomes-from-scratch/

Designer genomes……

A nervous system-inspired framework to deploy self-organizing robot swarms

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-nervous-framework-deploy-robot-swarms.html

Researchers have developed a new swarm architecture inspired by the human nervous system that could improve co-operation among robots in teams.

On-Device AI And The Voice-Powered Future Of Computing

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2024/11/14/on-device-ai–the-voice-powered-future-of-computing/

Imagine a world where your voice commands control every aspect of your environment, from lighting to virtual meetings.

More Than Half of Consumers Want Smarter Shopping Experiences

https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2024/more-than-half-of-consumers-want-smarter-shopping-experiences/

The Growing Demand for AI-Powered Shopping

Transforming business value creation with Citizen Development

https://kpmg.com/be/en/home/insights/2024/11/ta-transforming-business-value-creation-with-citizen-development.html

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to innovate quickly, streamline processes, and adapt to ever-changing market demands. However, traditional software development often struggles to keep up with this need for speed and flexibility, which is burdened by resource constraints, slow time-to-market, and high costs.

sensemaking cover

WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL AND WHY NOT LEARN FROM THE BEST BUSINESS THINKERS? AND WHY NOT USE THAT AS A PLATFORM TO MAKE BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS? ALONE OR AS A TEAM.

Sense making; morality, humanity, leadership and slow flow. A book about the 14 books about the impact and implications of technology on business and humanity.

Ron Immink

I help companies by developing an inspiring and clear future perspective, which creates better business models, higher productivity, more profit and a higher valuation. Best-selling author, speaker, writer.

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