> The latest breakthroughs in solar efficiency are literally based on inspiration from biology:[1] "Although we can’t replicate the complexity of the protein sc

> The latest breakthroughs in solar efficiency are literally based on inspiration from biology:[1] "Although we can’t replicate the complexity of the protein scaffolds found in photosynthetic organisms, we were able to adapt the basic concept of a protective scaffold to stabilize our artificial light-harvesting antenna.” Whether or not "the next generation" is "biologically inspired" (which doesn't mean using exactly the same mechanism), solar panels right now outperform plants on a pure energy production basis, and do this without any complex molecular or quantum machinery. This is because energy production is much easier than biomass production. That's my basic point, if you don't care about beating life on literally every axis (particularly energy efficiency, replication, and use of cheaply available materials) it's entirely conceivable you can do better. So if people want to build nanobots there's basically no chance they're going to beat life, but that's pretty different from AGI (even though it seems like the same people are invested in both for whatever reason).