Sure, we CAN have AI prevent physical scars…but should we really?
<p>We each hold remarkable power in our choices. We don’t <em>need</em> legislation to shape AI. With thoughtful discourse and belief and awareness in our agency, we can determine how AI shapes our society. (Historically, with consumerism, capitalism, and democracy, we haven’t done a great job of using our agency to have broad social impact but I still have hope!)</p>
<p>AI is good, and I am optimistic about AI and you should be too. Even when it poses great risk, there is generally a way to implement it responsibly, it may just mean we can’t do it as quickly as we would like. <em>For all tech, we need to pause and make an attempt to discuss if this is really what we want for the human race.</em></p>
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<h1>In this episode, we consider <a href="https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/06/28/matice-podcast/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Matice</a> (pronounced like the famous artist, Matisse), an AI-powered bio-tech firm that is working towards an over-the-counter treatment that could, when applied quickly, prevent cuts, even severe ones, from leaving scars on your body. Yes, they would conceivably be eliminating scars from your body.</h1>
<p>I heard about this on the Nvidia podcast (linked above). Normally, I like to demo a product, but alas, that isn’t an option here! While Matice has their eyes set on a variety of regenerative advancements for human beings, the nearest-term product will be the over-the-counter topical treatment. The science is <em>fascinating. </em>They are using AI to examine peptides from axolotls associated with regeneration (Axolotls are masters of regeneration, being able to regenerate just about anything. It is mind boggling, and you can learn more <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/stealing-genes-regrowing-limbs-how-life-finds-way-survive-and-thrive" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.) and then predicting which peptides and proteins will translate to applications in humans (who are not so great at regrowing limbs). The process of isolating and analyzing peptides is outrageously time consuming, and the AI is assisting in exponentially speeding up that process.</p>
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