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Artificial Life May Be Possible Within Ten Years
CapedOpossum writes "According to an article from a few weeks back on CNN, researchers in the field of genetics and biology think that we may be able to artificially create life within the next decade. From the article: 'Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of 'wet artificial life. "It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it," said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice, Italy, one of those in the race. Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could run amok, but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem.'"
So, that's when Spore's coming out!?
Just wondering .. with the whole argument about aritifical life having no intrinsic soul.
.. what would happen if one of them made it onto American Idol, and after making the top 12 they give a reasonably crisp performance, but the judges are not too impressed with the standard of their singing.
.. dunno .. just no soul to it". Would such a statement crush the LFS'er due to its possible multiple connotations ? Would that sort of comment be likely to cause permanent psychological scarring of the LFSer ? Is it too early to tell ? In creating artifical life, are we setting ourselves up for a whole new generation of Emos, dark children with some really deep issues ? What effects will this be likely to have in the usage patterns of recreactional drugs ?
What would happen if one of the results of the artifical life program (aka LFSer or Life From Scratch, or whatever name they give to these people)
Could it be possible that a statement such as "The vocals were clear and well pronounced, but there was something lacking in that performance
No, the difference will be they'll have a visible sky wizard.