Biological Circuits
(Continuation)
PS: For context
please read (part 1)
These living circuits require small
biomolecular interactions to take inputs, process them, and generate different outputs.
Institutions and Universities are now using methods to edit and change the
genetic information that runs and makes these molecular processes. For instance,
a Swiss institution was able to build a biomolecular version of a CPU; “In
2019, a group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich built the
biological equivalent of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) from a
modified version of the protein used in CRISPR gene editing”(Gent 38). The CPU
was then inserted into a where it regulated the activity of different genes.
Another institution such as “Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in India took
things a step further in 2021, coaxing a colony of Escherichia coli bacteria to
compute the solutions to simple mazes. The circuitry was distributed between
several strains of E. coli, each engineered to solve part of the problem. By sharing
information, the colony successfully worked out how you could navigate multiple
mazes.”(Gent 38).
These experiments and testing show
that electronic communication and biomolecular communication are feasible in
the right conditions. Although these bio-circuits are much slower than their
electronic counterparts, “They could be used to create everything from tiny
robots that treat disease inside the body to complex, multi-step biomanufacturing
processes, he says. ‘You don’t have to beat computers to be useful. The real
valuable stuff early on is just simple control over the biology,’ says Voigt.”(Gent
38).
Living
AI???
This leaves me to my final point of
discussion, is it possible to have these computing systems run on electronic
circuity but also biomolecular circuits? I believe the use of our current
technology is limited in its ability to process and multi-task, there is also
the storage issue. As current AI and its processing and data storage take up so
much space, even for CLOUD storage a lot of information and coding is stored. I
believe if communication between the Genetic information of biological sources
was able to store the AI (information), its potential and what AI does now can explode
and become far greater than what it is now. However, there's a problem with AI
surpassing human comprehension, like any experiment I believe there should be parameters
(Rules/Guidelines) that hold the AI accountable.
Final
thoughts
AI Should be used as a tool, not as
a replacement; when it comes to jobs and research, I believe we are close to a
new technological revolution with technology, and this is getting closer thanks
to modern-day AI (dumb AI) and research. I believe it is only a matter of years
before we get AI software that uses Biological tissues and or cells. I also
think it would be cool if students, workers, and teachers/researchers could get
their own personal AI that is in tune with the human the AI is assigned to, for
example with a student; The AI can be assigned to grow and learn with the
student throughout school, the AI can help the child learn and grow, as well
assist them in long term goals such as achieving a certain job or position.
I believe this a beautiful Idea,
and I hope that we can see something very similar if not this exact thing
happen with students.
Citations
and Referneces:
Gent,
E. (2023). Computing comes to life. New Scientist, 258(3442), 36–39.
https://doi-org.dml.regis.edu/10.1016/s0262-4079(23)01054-0
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