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Artificial Intelligence + Origin of Life Prize, $10 Million USD

Evolution 2.0 Prize (via HeroX)

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Overview What is the Secret of Life?Solve the #1 Question in all of ScienceOrigin of Life is the hardest question in science. No one knows how the first cell came about. But there’s a simpler, more fundamental question: Where did the information come from? An answer will trigger a quantum leap in Artificial Intelligence. This may be as big as the transistor or the discovery of DNA itself. A new $10 million prize seeks a definitive answer. "Evolution 2.0 is a sign of a shifting emphasis in biology from regardinglife primarily as a chemical system, to looking at the flow of information."-Financial Times Science Editor Clive Cookson SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ABOUT INFORMATION AND BIOLOGY Biology transcends the limits of computation The role of quantum mechanics in cognition based evolution Cellular a...

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