Re: AI constructing functional genomes

On 11/19/2024 3:30 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 11/16/2024 7:40 PM, erik simpson wrote:

On 11/16/24 3:23 PM, RonO wrote:

On 11/16/2024 3:53 PM, erik simpson wrote:

On 11/16/24 1:41 PM, RonO wrote:

https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-evo-dna-trained-ai- creates-genomes-scratch
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Some researchers have developed a program that will construct functional genomes.  That is the hype claim of this Science news article.
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The program supposedly can predict what amino acid changes for a protein will do to it's function, so it could produce a lifeform with the phenotype that it wanted to create.
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They claim that they did not use any human pathogens to train their AI, so that terrorists should not be able to use it to construct bio weapons.
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The current program is for bacteria.  If they produce a similar program for vertebrates we could use it to predict the phenotypic change of amino acid substitutions in livestock species and for diagnosis of human genetic diseases.  It could lead to diagnosis for humans and for gene editing targets for breeding animals.
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The researchers claim their goals are to study evolution of life forms.
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Ron Okimoto
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Learning which gene are expressed where is one thing.  Being able to predict what changes would happen if you tweak them is a whole nother
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They claim that they can make that prediction.  There is already an AI program that can determine the structure of a protein based on it's amino acid sequence.  They likely combined that with functional data.
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Ron Okimoto
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AI will be the death of us all.

   “I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” - Ken Kennings
 

The "artists" involved in making TV commercials are protesting Coca Cola's use of AI to produce their latest commercial.  They think that AI endangers their livelihood and cheapens their art.
My guess is that pretty soon AI will be composing pop songs geared to the desired audiences.  Boston claimed that they used their own intelligence to determine what people liked in rock songs to create their music.  AI can do that better and more accurately determine what someone likes to listen to.
Ron Okimoto