"Life, as we know it, has been evolving for billions of years. It has evolved to process information and materials by zillions of nano-scale molecular “machines” all working in parallel, competing as well as backing each other up, maintaining themselves and the ecosystem supporting them. The total complexity of this machinery, also called the biosphere, is mindboggling. In DNA, one bit of information takes less than 50 atoms. Given the atomic nature of physical matter, every part in life’s machinery is as miniature as possible in principle. Can AI achieve such a complexity, robustness, and adaptability by alternative means and without DNA?" https://blog.oup.com/2024/04/is-humanity-a-passing-phase-in-evolution-of-intelligence-and-civilisation/ #Maths #Math #Mathematics #Science #Medicine #Technology #STEM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence @science