I think the most important thing we can do with AI is decode and edit the human genome. The main goal is this: human beings only live 70-80 years, but across generations our species lives for hundreds of millions of years. So, edit human DNA to renew the body in the same way that a child is conceived, replacing all its tissues with brand new cells like a newborn. That way an individual person would live as long as the species, hundreds of millions of years. We can also design cells that replace our bodiesâ cells, but with altered DNA (that way a person can become âimmortalâ even if they werenât born with the âimmortalâ DNA). This technology seems to be within our grasp. Let me know what you think.
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I agree with you I am a researcher working on genetics
I donât want to float in space when the stars have stopped spending lightâŚ
I agree. in the future, artificial intelligence will be able to completely analyze the human genome and calculate all scenarios and extend human life span (or make us biologically immortal). in fact, I am sure we will see this in 10-20 years. what do you think?
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I donât think our solar system has enough energy for thatâŚ
I mean what about reproduction?
We could potentially have millions of children each and they as wellâŚ
Iâm a researcher / investor seeking startups interested in precisely THAT.
Itâs obvious this needs to be done. And thus itâs obvious this is going to be done, by us - sooner or later.
Same as itâs obvious that advanced spices would travel by sending their DNA (if such a lame analog data store still needed) and state of consciousness to remote distant replication farms (as information) rather than dispatching their whole bodies each time they want to travel.
This needs to be done so itâs obvious thatâs already surely being done (just not by us).
You are more than just dna. Otherwise weâd have that for quiet some while.
Your DNA can be stored on computers already, you could send a space ship to mars and transmit your DNA data to it.
Pretty sure you could even send a clone there.
But itâs not you. And I doubt that when you die that you wake up in a clone.
State of consciousness though is such a large data set⌠Transmission would take forever in binary.
But who knows⌠maybe I am wrong.
Nobody here suggested that âyou are dnaâ .
Certainly it wasnât me, so Iâm not sure where this is coming from.
On the other hand, itâs like saying you arenât atoms. Or are you.
Are atoms even ârealâ?
But certainly âweâ can be represented , our âmindsâ can be represented as instances of a certain kind of a state machine (even assuming quantum interactions ). And that state certainly can be replicated, at least in theory.
Just please do not bring religion along, that most certainly is not a place for that type of a discussion.
We not only can sequence our dna, interestingly each of us differs by a few hundred kilobytes, whereâs full genome is more or less is a single CD.
Religion? I bet whoever if any âmadeâ life did it by accident.
But different information gathered per minute are way more than GBytes of data for sure.
I think pharmacogenomics should grow now
At least not for our generation
Interesting, but I expected a different approach! I thought there would be more discussion on realistic advancements, like 3D bioprinting of tissues and using electrical impulses to regenerate organs. Weâve already seen good results with cartilage, which could mean weâre close to having solutions for regenerating damaged knees. Also, if we combine these techniques with AI and nanorobots in the future, we might see organs regenerating from within the body, without surgery. A science thatâs less futuristic and more applicable in the short term. Is anyone aware of research in this area?
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