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Today’s scenario prompt: technology abstraction
AI is learning to read and write the language of life. “Gene prompting” uses genomic language models to design never-before-seen proteins and biological functions — the biotech equivalent of asking ChatGPT for new ideas.
This is technology abstraction in action: ultra-complex tools wrapped in simple prompts. Combine that with citizen developers and a curious culture, and you create an explosive innovation capability. Get the culture, guardrails and governance wrong, and you get chaos, risk and stalled experimentation instead.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/generative-ai-meets-the-genome/
The CEO question
If every ambitious person in your organisation could “prompt” biology, code, robots or data as easily as sending an email, what guardrails, skills and cultural norms would you need in place before you let them loose?
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/generative-ai-meets-the-genome/
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