Your Undivided Attention Decoding Our DNA: How AI Supercharges Medical Breakthroughs and Biological Threats with Kevin Esvelt
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Jul 18, 2024 Biologist Kevin Esvelt discusses AI's impact on biological research, highlighting benefits in medicine and public health while addressing concerns of biosecurity threats. The conversation delves into the power of AI in predicting protein activities, designing disease prevention tools, and the urgent need for tighter regulations in genetic research to mitigate risks of creating dangerous viruses.
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AI's Impact on Biology
- AI is revolutionizing biology by deciphering DNA's language.
- This allows for rapid advancements in medicine and public health.
AI's Advantage in Biology
- AI excels at understanding the language of DNA, unlike humans.
- This allows AI to predict protein folding and design new molecules for drug development.
DNA Synthesis and Virus Creation
- DNA synthesis machines can create virus DNA from online sequences.
- Esvelt ordered 1918 influenza DNA pieces from multiple providers, and most complied.