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Human receives AI-designed virus for the first time (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Considering the epigraph being

Not to kill the human, of course – to kill the antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing their infection

It does definitely seem intended

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Great, but what about mutation? How stable are bacteriophages? Oh, yeah, it doesn’t matter because the transcribing proteins (in the host cell) cause errors that cause the mutations.

    Wee… Resident Evil speed run.

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