AIEdison Scientific and FutureHouse assemble “Millennium Problems for Biology”
Edison Scientific and FutureHouse say the problems were chosen to be very hard to solve but easy to validate in a simple laboratory, framing them as a test for AI in biology.
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Edison Scientific and FutureHouse say solving any one of their “Millennium Problems for Biology” would mark a major biotechnology advance, and most would materially contribute toward curing disease. The organizers say full descriptions and acceptance criteria are on the Bio Millennium Problems website, and they invite suggestions for additions. One reaction guesses solutions will arrive “way sooner than would have seemed reasonable a few years ago,” likely through AI, with exceptions such as cryopreservation.
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Edison Scientific and FutureHouse assemble “Millennium Problems for Biology”
Edison Scientific and FutureHouse say the problems were chosen to be very hard to solve but easy to validate in a simple laboratory, framing them as a test for AI in biology.