How AI is Engineering Life Itself, One Nucleotide at a Time | Carolus Vitalis | TEDxCU
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In this TEDx Talk, Carolus Vitalis presents an intriguing vision of the future where artificial intelligence is utilized to engineer life itself. He discusses how generative AI is being employed to create new DNA blueprints aimed at healing diseases, addressing climate change, and even redesigning entire ecosystems. Motivated by personal experiences with cancer, Vitalis emphasizes the potential of merging AI with synthetic biology to make biology programmable and accessible. As a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and a National Science Foundation Fellow, he shares insights from his research contributions and his commitment to transforming the landscape of biotechnology.