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"create organisms with wholly unnatural attributes and traits not found elsewhere in nature" I'd argue that this shouldn't add anything categorically new, just

by singularity2001 10y ago

"create organisms with wholly unnatural attributes and traits not found elsewhere in nature" I'd argue that this shouldn't add anything categorically new, just like switching from 32 to 64 bit programs doesn't change the world.

Neliquat 10y ago
Maybe not "new" in a systems perspective, but new outcomes thanks to being able to control the system.
rmah 10y ago
This is less like 32bit to 64bit and more like moving from binary to trinary logic.
- jcoffland 10y ago
  Even more like a move from 4bit to 6bit logic.
- mikeash 10y ago
  Which also wouldn't do anything remarkable.
- lorenzhs 10y ago
  Well binary and ternary number systems can express the same numbers, they just do it in a different way. I don't think there's a good computer analogy here.
m000z0rz 10y ago
If future work can add new artificial amino acids mapped that can be specified using the new base pairs, then it would be adding something categorically new - but still seems pretty far off.