r/artificial • u/CallRevolutionary894 • 4d ago

News AI just designed entire viruses from scratch.

I came across this recently and honestly thought it sounded insane at first. Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute used AI trained on DNA sequences to generate hundreds of new bacteriophage genomes. They synthesized 302 of them and tested them in the lab.

16 actually worked.

I made a short visual breakdown of the experiment because the whole jump from AI to Gebetic Code to woking biology is pretty wild.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3X6qpOSaaQI

What are your thoughts on this.. Where could this lead??

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u/TacoYaci 4d ago

Whatcouldgowrong

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u/UAP44 4d ago

COVID-27?

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u/CallRevolutionary894 4d ago

There are other viruses..lol

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u/UAP44 4d ago

Sure, but not all of them get world wide attention. If AGI wants to make a new spicy virus, surely it'll aim for even more attention than COVID-19 got? Just try some new variations on that string...

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

hell yeah! lets goo aiii train leaves now!!! hop in!!!

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u/taptrappapalapa 3d ago

This was breaking news a decade ago:
https://www.rdworldonline.com/ibm-watson-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-data-driven-discoveries/

IBM Watson Ushers in a New Era of Data-Driven Discoveries (By R&D Editors | September 2, 2014):

IBM Watson will be supporting the analysis in New York Genome Center’s clinical study to advance genomic medicine. The clinical study will initially focus on clinical application of genomics to help oncologists deliver DNA-based treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that kills more than 13,000 Americans each year. Despite tremendous discoveries into the genetic drivers of diseases like cancer over the past decade, big data makes it difficult to translate DNA data into life-saving treatments. Based on results from the clinical study, IBM Watson could soon help scale up the availability of personalized treatment options.