> Hi Ben > > I'm very interested in applying automation to experimental molecular > biology, especially neurobiology. I think it will help neuroscience > a lot if complex experiments can be done automatically by AIs, but > I'm not sure about letting an AGI reason about molecular biology in > an abstract way. Which are you planning on? I'm also curious why you > picked this area. > > YKY
We are not working on automation of experimental biology; but rather on automated reasoning about molecular biology information. We've already had some successes in this domain, in terms of using AI inference to generate new biology knowledge by "inferentially fusing" biology databases, and to increase the intelligence of machine learning methods that analyze biological data such as microarray gene or protein expression data. So far our work in this area has been more in the vein of "narrow AI using a half-completed wannabe-AGI system", but I'm curious to see how the molecular biology software applications make use of the AGI capabilities of Novamente when/if they finally become real... Quite frankly, our motivation for working in this area has largely been pragmatic. We couldn't seem to get funding for pure AI research so we had to choose one or more application areas. I'm very interested in life extension research and in understanding the molecular basis of life generally, so applying our AI tech in these domains seemed a "natural." -- Ben ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
