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Scenario prompt 6 August 2025
The prompt for today is Chinese robotaxis are gunning for global domination. It reminds me of a recent to Kazakhstan. The orientation was China, India, Indonesia and South East Asia. The USA and the EU were not seen as relevant. Look East.
The other prompts are a free AI event on 7 August, thin robots, mind reading lasers, hard tech, hibernation, military AI, attention finger prints and you are the upgrade.
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Event on / 7 August, 16:00 CET
Myself and Marco van Hunre are organising an ever, titled “The future of AI inflated” on August 7, 2025, 16:00 CET. Hosted on LinkedIn – RSVP via the listing on LinkedIn. Love to see you there.
Human muscle-inspired paper-thin robot can bend, crawl, and clean tight spaces with ease
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/human-muscle-inspired-sheet-like-robot
The flexible robot mimics myosin to move in six directions and handle delicate tasks like surgery and pipeline cleaning. It is based on the movements of real human muscles.
Scientists Shine a Laser Through a Human Head
https://spectrum.ieee.org/optical-brain-imaging
Researchers are exploring ways that future deep-penetrating optical brain imaging can be applied in clinical and medical settings, particularly to help quantify brain health.
Silicon Valley Is in Its ‘Hard Tech’ Era
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html
Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.”
The Secret to Hibernation Is Hidden in Human DNA and We Might One Day Activate It
Hibernating animals reverse aging, avoid diabetes, and preserve muscle. Could we one day do the same?
Phase two of military AI has arrived
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/15/1115078/phase-two-of-military-ai-has-arrived
How high up the decision chain should AI go?
Chinese Robotaxis Are Gunning for Global Domination
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-robotaxi-chinese-competitors
Check out China’s robotaxi trio: Baidu, Pony.ai, WeRide. Also read https://www.ronimmink.com/look-east/
Quanten wants to help filmmakers predict failure before it happens
https://e27.co/quanten-wants-to-help-filmmakers-predict-failure-before-it-happens-20250804/
Attention graphs and unique attention fingerprints.
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.
