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Scenario prompts 22 November 2024
Today’s prompts are operating models, an AI-powered Jesus, optoelectronics, strategy, AI, the Human Cell Atlas and mosquitoes as an inoculation device.
Use the prompts to question relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Why Your Operating Model Matters More Than Your Strategy And Structure
Ineffective or unsuitable operating models are among the main reasons that some organizations, even those with the most-inspired and brilliantly conceived strategies, frequently fall short.
Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus
Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth.
Optoelectronic device mimics human vision for diversified in-sensor computing
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-optoelectronic-device-mimics-human-vision.html
This device is based on a fully integrated array of optoelectronic memristors (OEMs), hardware components that can both process and store information.
Strategy in an Era of Abundant Expertise
https://hbr.org/2025/03/strategy-in-an-era-of-abundant-expertise
How to thrive when AI makes knowledge and know-how cheaper and easier to access
These Times Ask More of Us
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/emerging-futures-joseph-rowntree-foundation
In every moment, glimmers of alternative futures appear. The present is made up not only of the knowable and measurable, but also of what is latent or hidden: the stuff of our hopes, imaginations, and spiritual existence.
The simple human things that AIs can never do
https://ai.gopubby.com/the-simple-human-things-that-ais-can-never-do-b51757f35b11
We will not always be superior to AIs, but we will always be different.
Human Cell Atlas maps 100 million cells, unlocks mysteries in medical research
https://interestingengineering.com/science/atlas-of-cells-marks-major-milestone
The Human Cell Atlas has already profiled 100 million cells across diverse populations and aims to complete a first draft of the entire human body atlas by 2026.
This malaria vaccine is delivered by a mosquito bite
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03817-0
Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.
