The future is future fitness. The advantage isn’t prediction. It’s how fast your leadership team can notice and anticipate change and respond-
Today’s prompt: AI is chickenfeed to what comes next
Organoids are tiny lab-grown “mini-organs”. And they’re starting to behave less like biology… and more like a computing platform.
- Signal 1: mini-brains learning control. Researchers took lab-grown neural tissue and used a feedback loop to train it on a classic engineering control task (balancing an unstable system).
That’s not science fiction. That’s a new category: biological control systems. - Signal 2: spinal-cord tissue repairing itself Another team grew human spinal cord organoids, injured them, and triggered measurable repair and regeneration in the dish. That’s a roadmap for therapies, yes. But it’s also a roadmap for programmable biology as an industry.
AI is the visible wave. Bioengineering is the compounding wave underneath it. That is also the reason why you should read “Superconvergence”. The bioengineered future is coming and it is coming very fast. Here is the link to my blog about the book.
- https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-brains-then-trained-them-to-solve-an-engineering-problem
- https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-human-spinal-cords-then-made-them-repair-after-injury
The prompt
List 3 places where “biology as a platform” could attack or unlock value in your industry. Discuss this with your leadership team. Decide you move(s). If you need help with this, DM me.
The other prompts
My latest book about books about AI: You are the upgrade
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Retail Technology Leaders Glimpse the Future
AI is ordinary, the five senses, connecting in chaos, climate, trust and fragmented identities.
https://csnews.com/retail-technology-leaders-glimpse-future
Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases
The idea of self-amplifying gene editing is to get cells to pass on packages of CRISPR machinery to their neighbours, boosting the effect
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514925-gene-editing-that-spreads-within-the-body-could-cure-more-diseases/
Scalable production of bio-based nylon
Canada‑based OzoneBio is reinventing how adipic acid, and therefore nylon 6,6, is made. The company has now demonstrated bio-based nylon 6,6 production at scale for the first time.
https://springwise.com/conscious-consumers/biobased-nylon-6-6-produced-at-scale/
How much can an autonomous robotic arm feel like part of the body?
When AI-powered prosthetic arms that move autonomously become widespread, understanding how people feel about them and accept them will be crucial
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-autonomous-robotic-arm-body.html
AI-powered police robots to fight crime by 2028: Report
A recent study shows that police departments will start using police robots which have artificial intelligence capabilities for their basic patrol duties within the next two years. Time to rewatch “Robocop” (or “Minority report”).
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1392365-ai-powered-police-robots-to-fight-crime-by-2028-report
6 Ways HR Leaders Can Rethink Predicting Future Challenges
Monte Carlo simulations, The Delphi Method, scenario planning, the 3 Horizons
Framework, and hard trends and soft trends
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/6-ways-hr-leaders-can-rethink-predicting-future-challenges
