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I bought the book "The Deus Machine" by Pierre Ouellette when it first came out back in 1994. I remember being totally captivated by a story that essentially wove self-modifying AI and DNA compiler and production technology into a dystopian glimpse into a future set in 2005. Find it here[^]

Enter Geneticist Jennifer Doudna. She and her team of scientists have developed a DNA editing technology called CRISPR-Cas-9. You can watch her (cautionary) TED talk here.[^]

Combine Doudna's work with what I'm about to listen to: "Stephen Hoover, CEO of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the revolution underway in machine learning, in which the machine eventually programs itself."

It looks like we've all been subjected to an old Chinese curse:
"May you live in interesting times."
Cheers,
Mike Fidler

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