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Scenario prompts 5 November 2024
Use the prompts to question relevance, opportunity vs. threat, if vs. when, timelines, impact, and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Today’s prompts are the spatial spectrum, design trends, warfare and OpenAI, the Turing test, the AI bubble, strategic foresight, leading in uncertain times, and the psychology of viral technologies.
Hold fast and stay true.
From Audible to Augmented: Segmenting the Spatial Spectrum
https://arinsider.co/2024/10/31/from-audible-to-augmented-segmenting-the-spatial-spectrum/
Audio, flat, dimensional, passthrough and see-through.
Design trends for 2025: creative leaders share their vision for the future
AI, physical experience, craft renaissance, experimentation, design writing, sound, sustainability, minimalist maximalism, health and inclusivity.
U.S. military makes first confirmed OpenAI purchase for war-fighting forces
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/25/africom-microsoft-openai-military/
The Pentagon explored the AI software for research, but the new deal is the first by a combatant command whose mission is one of killing.
The Turing Test and our shifting conceptions of intelligence
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq9356
It’s likely that the Turing Test will become yet another casualty of our shifting conceptions of intelligence.
Yes, the AI Bubble is Real… But it Doesn’t Matter
https://www.thepourquoipas.com/post/the-ai-bubble-is-real
AI costs as much to build as Italy’s GDP and is less profitable than running Tinder
How Generative AI Will Transform Strategic Foresight
https://www.ifforesight.com/post/how-generative-ai-will-transform-strategic-foresight
This report illustrates how GenAI’s integration into Futures Studies and Strategic Foresight is more than an advancement; it’s a paradigm shift that will deeply impact data analysis, scenario generation, strategic decision-making, and creative processes—fundamentally transforming our approach to anticipating and shaping the future.
How to Lead When the Future Feels Unpredictable
https://hbr.org/2024/11/how-to-lead-when-the-future-feels-unpredictable
Hold fast and stay true.
The Psychology of Viral Technologies
https://every.to/learning-curve/the-psychology-of-viral-technologies
Four main variables explain how humans think about embracing a new technology: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions
