linkedin post 2019-11-10 05:26:13

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VIRINO CONCEPT. “Some researchers believe that the prions are formed when PrP associates with a foreign pathogenic nucleic acid. This is called the virino hypothesis. Viruses consist of proteins and nucleic acids that are specified by the virus genome. A virino would also consist of proteins and nucleic acids, but the protein component is specified by the host genome, not the pathogen genome.” https://lnkd.in/dkdVKcb View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-11-10 05:29:06

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PRION STRAINS. “In support of the virino hypothesis is the existence of different strains of prions that cause differing patterns of disease and breed true; the existence of strains in pathogens is usually the result of changes in the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious agent.” https://lnkd.in/dkdVKcb View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-11-10 05:36:24

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SO ENDS this first of two weekends focused on prions. Can an aberrant host protein that evolves, has no DNA, and forms distinct strains be called a species, or even a separate life form? In the standard book of biology, the answer is no. Our understanding of life diversity is blindfolded by dogma, and if we want to find life beyond Earth, we had better wake up to what is under our very noses. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-11-11 05:30:59

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ON BALANCE. “Good (1965) predicts an ultraintelligent machine by 2000, Vinge (1993) predicts greater-than-human intelligence between 2005 and 2030, Yudkowsky (1996) predicts a singularity by 2021, and Kurzweil (2005) predicts human-level artificial intelligence by 2030. Speaking for myself, I would be surprised if there were human-level AI within the next three decades.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-11-11 05:34:13

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BY DESIGN. “The difference between chimpanzees and humans illustrates how powerful it can be to rewrite an agent’s cognitive algorithms. But, of course, the algorithm’s origin in this case was merely evolution, blind and stupid. An intelligent process with a bit of foresight can leap through the search space more efficiently. A human computer programmer can make innovations in a day that evolution couldn’t have discovered in billions of years.” https://lnkd.in/eFjahuP View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-11-12 03:11:34

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STEPHEN HAWKING. "The primitive forms of artificial intelligence we already have, have proved very useful. But I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race...Once humans develop artificial intelligence it would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate." https://lnkd.in/duTkFfC View in LinkedIn
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