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On the future of species : authoring life by means of artificial biological intelligence / Adrian Woolfson.
Van Pelt Library QH324.25 .W66 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woolfson, Adrian, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artificial intelligence--Biological applications.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Species.
- Life (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- xix, 454 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "What if we could create new species? What if we could supersede evolution? Adrian Woolfson, a scientist at the forefront of synthetic genomics, shows us how the application of artificial intelligence now gives us the power to produce new forms of life--and explores the dangers that will come with that power"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The language of life
- The library of species
- Constructing synthetic genomes
- The accidental species
- Biological machines
- Rewriting genomes
- The generative grammar of life
- The design of species
- The end of illness
- The future of species
- Authoring human genomes
- A manifesto for life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Woolfson, Adrian On the future of species
- ISBN:
- 9780262054898
- 0262054892
- OCLC:
- 1572179108
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