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Scenario prompt 14 August 2025
Water, not silicon, has to be the basis of true AI AI needs to be water-based in order to become truly intelligent. Bubbles in my head.
The other prompts for today are indoor solar, AI judges, an artificial tongue, electric fabric, sound as data storage, autonomous insect robots, smart babies and you are the upgrade
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AI needs to be water-based in order to become truly intelligent
https://www.ronimmink.com/water-has-to-be-the-basis-of-true-ai/
Years ago I read “The hidden messages in water”. How words determine the molecular structure. The article and the book dovetail completely with my book about books about AI. The conclusion is the augmented natural intelligence is the only way forward. This article links quantum, natural intelligence and AI. We are 70% water. It created bubbles in my mind (excuse the pun). You are the upgrade.
Record-breaking perovskite indoor solar cells harvest six times more energy
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/indoor-perovskite-solar-six-times-energy
These engineered perovskite cells deliver world-record efficiency and last years, potentially eliminating billions of battery replacements.
Meet the early-adopter judges using AI
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/11/1121460/meet-the-early-adopter-judges-using-ai/
As predicted a long time ago: https://www.ronimmink.com/law-leadership-turbulent-time/
World’s first artificial tongue ‘tastes and learns’ like a real human organ
Scientists have created the first artificial tongue that can taste, and process flavors entirely in a liquid environment.
New ‘Electric’ Fabric Could Power Wearable Health Sensors
https://www.azosensors.com/news.aspx
Scientists have developed a new fabric-like material that can generate electricity from movement. Made from specially spun polymer nanofibers, the material achieves high crystallinity and strong electroactive properties without the need for complex post-processing, offering a low-cost route to next-generation smart textiles.
Using Sound to Remember Quantum Information
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/using-sound-to-remember-quantum-information
Scientists has used a hybrid approach for quantum memories, effectively translating electrical information into sound so that quantum states from superconducting qubits can survive in storage for a period up to 30 times longer than in other techniques.
Going places: Muscle-inspired mechanism powers tiny autonomous insect robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-muscle-mechanism-powers-tiny-autonomous.html
Taking their cue from mollusk catch muscles, researchers have developed a low-voltage, muscle-like actuator that can help insect-scale soft robots to crawl, swim and jump autonomously in real-world settings.
Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession With Having Smarter Babies
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/silicon-valley-high-iq-children-764234f8
Tech execs are paying tens of thousands to find brilliant dates or select high-IQ embryos. ‘They want to raise high-performing children.’
You are the upgrade
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
