THE LIBRARY: 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

In the field of genetics is where AI will make its greatest and best mark.

Genetics is so complex it cannot be apprehended by the unaided human

mind, worse yet is that it works by creating proteins with correct folding

to perform the required functions. There are vast numbers so genes that

have gone inert in one species but that remain active in others and there

are many regenerative options that may have gone silent but might be

reactivated. So the promises are large the complexities are even larger.

But, AI can be required to write narratives, explanations, and guides to

what it has discovered so that we can figure out how to use them.

It probably all starts with quantum

physics which gives the chemical elements their properties as well as their

ability to spontaneously build molecules of various types. Therefore life

itself is most likely to arise at the connection between quantum mechanics

and chemical actions. Therefore in trying to create life in a lab one must

find that particular set of molecules that are able to connect with the

quantum world resources almost directly.