#Mindcandy are scenario prompts to help companies formulate strategy. Also see https://www.ronimmink.com/strategy-development/.
Scenario prompts 14 May 2025
The prompt for today is the commoditisation of intelligence and knowledge. T AI will be able to compute novelty in a heartbeat. That will have huge impact on your IP strategy. Is your IP strategy future proof? What happens when your competitors can circumvent your IP instantly?
The other prompts are the commoditisation of intelligence, free will, self repairing concrete, simplicity, serendipity, AI avatars, Apple’s brain computer interfaces, Forrester’s top 10 emerging tech, Bell labs, next-gen small modular nuclear reactors, and biophotons.
The commoditisation of intelligence and knowledge
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The commoditisation of intelligence: Rethinking value in the AI era
https://e27.co/the-commoditisation-of-intelligence-20250505/
It will soon be hard for governments to issue patents when we can generate significant novelty with five minutes of compute. The economic value of knowledge starts to move toward zero.
AI Has Crossed a Philosophical Threshold: New Study Argues Modern Systems Possess Free Will
As artificial intelligence systems grow more sophisticated, they’re challenging fundamental philosophical ideas about what makes humans unique.
Self-healing concrete uses synthetic lichen to repair cracks with air and sunlight
The system relies on cyanobacteria to convert sunlight and air into energy, while filamentous fungi produce minerals that fill and seal the cracks with no human input required.
Why Simplicity Can Be Strength in a Complex World
https://behavioralscientist.org/why-simplicity-can-be-strength-in-a-complex-world/
Simplicity for resilience
To Drive Innovation, Create the Conditions for Serendipity
https://hbr.org/2025/05/to-drive-innovation-create-the-conditions-for-serendipity
An unexpected event happens. Someone sees value in the unexpected event.Someone leverages the serendipitous opportunity. See https://www.ronimmink.com/actively-managing-serendipity-is-more-important-than-business-optimisation/
AI Avatars Escape the Uncanny Valley
What happens when AI doesn’t just generate content, but embodies it? AI has already mastered the ability to produce realistic photos, videos, and voices, passing the visual and auditory Turing Test. The next big leap is in AI avatars: combining a face with a voice to create a talking character.
Apple has teamed up with Synchron to develop tech that lets people control its devices with thoughts
Apple has partnered with brain-computer interface maker Synchron to develop tech that lets consumers control deviceslike iPhones with their thought.
Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Tech for 2025: Which 3 are Standouts?
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-forrester-top-10-emerging-technologies/
According to Forrester, these technologies balance AI acceleration with security needs and will offer measurable ROI within the next two years. Synthetic data, IoT security, TuringBots and GenAI for language
Why Bell Labs Worked
Create a school so they teach one another.
Next-gen small modular reactor design for ships unveiled, to boost decarbonization efforts
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/next-gen-small-modular-reactor-design-unveiled
Moving beyond the large reactors of the past, we’ve developed small, inherently safe reactors that solve the nuclear waste problem while delivering abundant decarbonized energy.
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Says Surprising New Study
An extraordinary experiment on mice and leaves from two different plant species has uncovered direct physical evidence of an eerie 'biophoton' phenomenon ceasing on death, suggesting all living things – including humans – could literally glow with health, until we don't.
