❗️While people are still talking about AI, we are already getting closed-loop...

❗️While people are still talking about AI, we are already getting closed-loop recursive self-improvement in biology. A model predicts which mutations could improve an enzyme. An automated laboratory synthesizes, expresses, and assays them. The model learns from the results and repeats the cycle. Researchers at Tianjin University ran just five automated cycles and improved one enzyme 57x and another 104x. Self-driving biology is here. @aipost 🏴