On 2/15/15, John Rose via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Archbold via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] >> > >> > Anyway, good luck using this approach to solving 3-SAT. >> > >> >> The main problem here -- what happens if you drop ur program! >> Everybody dies of salmonella or e-coli. I'm not trying to throw a damper >> on >> this idea. >> > > There are two possible approaches. One, using real bacteria, which is > attractive since if you compute the number of OPS in a Petri dish it is > astronomical. And the second approach - using artificial bacteria running as > software from modified bacterial DNA leveraging its pre-existing > computational complexity. How many bits are required for a minimalistic > functional virtual bacteria and how many virtual bacteria are required for > effective virtual microbial intelligence? > > Probably real bacteria far outperform the virtual in OPS but the virtual are > way more controllable. > > John > >
I was just kidding around.... it does sound interesting. Mike A > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
