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the coolest thing about a new technological revolution like ai is that it forces you to rethink nearly every assumption about how the world used to work (kinda like how elon approaches every big problem). e.g. at one layer personal agents are trying to reshape how ppl manage their day to day lives by radically changing the interface between humans, information, & action. but at another layer the same class of models are reaching much deeper & understanding the primitive machinery of existence…
Anthropic@AnthropicAI5h ago
Claude has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system hidden in the DNA of bacteriophages. Beside the enzyme’s gene sits a long array of repeating DNA—a structure that looks somewhat similar to CRISPR. We don’t yet understand what this system does, but only a handful of known systems share its features, and all of them are able to cut, copy, and paste DNA. Historically, the discovery of such programmable systems has helped revolutionize medicine. CRISPR, for instance, is now the foundation of genetic medicines. But it will take much more work to learn what this system does, and whether it can be put to similar use. Read more: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-discovers-novel-enzyme-system