[HN Gopher] Cell intelligence in physiological and morphological...
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       Cell intelligence in physiological and morphological spaces [video]
        
       Author : hyporthogon
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2022-12-30 16:41 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | polishdude20 wrote:
       | I've seen many of Michael's lectures and now I'm at the point of
       | just waiting for something new from him. I'm super excited about
       | his research but it would be nice to know if a new lecture has
       | new material and discoveries in it without having to watch the
       | whole thing.
        
       | carapace wrote:
       | Levin is undoubtedly doing some of the most important work in all
       | of science, in my opinion.
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       | Just as an teaser, one conceivable result of this work could be
       | to unlock the secrets of regeneration! Imagine being able to
       | regrow limbs and organs...
        
         | abudabi123 wrote:
         | Related works are Lewis Wolpert's Triump of the Embryo, and the
         | Dutch Flag problem.
        
         | doitLP wrote:
         | I had the same thought. A great sci fi book that explores
         | regeneration as an element is Pandoras Star (and it's sequel)
         | by Peter F Hamilton.
        
       | trebligdivad wrote:
       | He almost seems to be describing something 'declarative' - i.e.
       | saying where things should endup/be arranged rather than the
       | process of how to get to it.
        
       | agumonkey wrote:
       | I think he's handwaving too much stuff [0] but the experiments
       | and path he (and the few in this niche) is pursuing .. seem to be
       | opening a big crack in the biology map.
       | 
       | It's also ethically and existentially challenging because some of
       | his results are frankly too wild, unless you planned to grow your
       | own siamese head.
       | 
       | There's also a trend I'm sensing, that computing is more and more
       | about tissue configuration (even outside biology).
       | 
       | In any case, considering the effect of better understanding of
       | regeneration and cell homeostatis, I wish him and his team all
       | the best.
       | 
       | [0] the API metaphor and fractal intelligence seems like magic
       | terminology but I could never find any interview where he gave
       | more details.
        
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       | chaps wrote:
       | 21 minutes into this video and this is already one of the most
       | interesting things I've watched in a very long time. Thanks for
       | sharing.
        
       | ljlolel wrote:
       | He had a great talk at NeurIPS and it's amazing research
        
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