Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years


	Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years

Mohir

8-20-2007 9:25 AM

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life, artificial life, biology, evolution

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8-20-2007 11:30 AM

The REAL Napster

wait till you see what happens in about 35 years.

8-20-2007 4:35 PM

Amergin

That is we are not all reduced to nuclear ash.

8-22-2007 4:37 AM

skwirlinator

I want to see Artificial Intelligence.
That will truly be remarkable.

8-25-2007 4:43 PM

asphere

what a promise ! so maybe got a chance

thank you for your beautiful activity here

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Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of "wet <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Artificial Life')">artificial life</A>."
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Jack Szostak at Harvard Medical School, predicts that within the next six months, scientists will report evidence that the first step -- creating a <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Cell')">cell</A> membrane -- is "not a big problem." Scientists are using fatty acids in that effort.
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Szostak is also optimistic about the next step -- getting <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Nucleotide')">nucleotide</A>s, the building blocks of <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('DNA')">DNA</A>, to form a working genetic <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('System')">system</A>.
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His idea is that once the container is made, if scientists add <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Nucleotide')">nucleotide</A>s in the right proportions, then Darwinian <A class="thought" href="javascript:loadBrain('Evolution')">evolution</A> could simply take over.
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