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This could be one of the biggest  conceptual leaps that stems from AI

What happens if we replace the metaphor of DNA as a blueprint or a set of letters, to a full on generative model - like a variational autoencoder

The blueprint metaphor has got us this far. But now we need something with a much more flexible texture - that captures an expansive, emergent system which encodes endless possibilities.

This could be one of the biggest  conceptual leaps that stems from AI

What happens if we replace the metaphor of DNA as a blueprint or a set of letters, to a full on generative model - like a variational autoencoder

The blueprint metaphor has got us this far. But now we need something with a much more flexible texture - that captures an expansive, emergent system which encodes endless possibilities. 

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/r8z7c_v1