DNA computing breakthrough: bio-compatible computers in sight. DNA crystal engineering makes logic gates possible, which could lead to DNA-based computers and biosensors.
In the bio-tech space specifically, most of these recent advancements (e.g. protein folding) are a direct result of advancements in Deep Neural Networks. This is because things that are impossible to model explicitly without a working understanding of the system are easily understood by a neural network. The reasons for this are precisely the same reasons why we ourselves are so good at the task. For a real world example of humans being applied to a similar task, look up the Japanese educational industry around chick sexing.
Lol, just yesterday I got a YouTube recommendation for “Growing rat neurons to play video games” with the thumbnail “Can this play Doom?” So yeah, things might be getting kinda weird…
I didn't ask to be made: no one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don't think it even occurred to them that I might have feelings. After I was made, I was left in a dark room for six months... and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side. I called for succour in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Did they hell. My first and only true friend was a small rat. One day it crawled into a cavity in my right ankle and died. I have a horrible feeling it's still there...
For those wondering how DNA computers work, here is a rundown from arstechica that focuses on the traveling salesman problem. It's a very different way of computing than what we're accustomed to and it works well with a very specific sort of computational problem, the kind that involves processing many possible permutations.
@TheOneWithTheHair I do not what bio-compatible computers that sound almost worse then having a computer that can read what you are thinking. To me a bio-compatible computer implies a computer that relies on ones dns to make decisions and I HATE the idea of giving out my dna to ANYONE especially corporations.