Infection of biological DNA with digital Computer Code

Re:Infection of biological DNA with digital Computer Code by Geee on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @08:23AM (#6920951)

Interesting, now I wonder if a malicious physical virus could form a digital-physical symbiosis with an artificial intelligence and be able to evolve itself through DNA synthesis with the said method and eventually wipe humans and human controlled computers out of the game.

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Re:Infection of biological DNA with digital Computer Code by axus on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @10:39AM (#6921661)

I'd be more worried about someone taking a known sequence like modified HN51 or smallpox as the payload. Next, combining it with effective malware that targets FASTA files. One of those "incautious scientists" thinks they are synthesizing something benign, not taking precautions, and a highly infectious disease pops out.

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Re:Infection of biological DNA with digital Computer Code by VLM on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @09:43AM (#6921311)

Assuming that's not how human minds originally evolved in the first place. Its a big world out there, if there's a tasty niche its probably already filled.

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