Re: Artificial intelligence for modeling outbreaks of viruses, but not viruses themselves

Mllton

interesting points-

I am  bogged down with practical work
and trying to meet deadlines, as well was survival like anyone else
so do not have brainspace

From where I stand, data is useful but  mostly very noisy
It is indeed mostly noise that is flooding our inboxes
difficult to keep clarity when hammered by noise

its knowledge required to make wise decision that matter, so the question
of adequate KR remains pertinent to me, even in coronavirus times

Wish everyone on the list to stay safe

<g>


PDM

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:33 AM ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Hundreds of articles are appearing every day on the COVID-19 virus, the
> global pandemic and local response and monitoring.
>
> They range from medicine, microbiology, virology, epidemiology to
> computational (micro)biology mathematical modeling of outbreaks to
> criticisms of gain-of-function research.
>
> Increasing numbers of articles focus on using semantic web technologies
> and AI to share the growing body of available global data for modeling,
> predictive analytics and study of the virus.
>
> My question is simple: does there exist literature which focuses on
> artificial intelligence as a modeling paradigm for genomics, DNA and RNA
> replication, and a virus as an AI agent?
>
> I am asking this because of the following points.
>
> (1) Much of the composition of DNA in genomes does not relate directly to
> genes and other functional agents.
>
> (2) Somehow a lot of information or precursor-knowledge appears to be
> stored in DNA and RNA strands.
>
> (3) A virus contains a "manageable" amount of data for modeling and it
> seems worthwhile to study whether a virus can be modeled as a
> self-contained, multi-layered ecosystem of IT and logical constructs and
> programs.
>
> (4) The concept from zoology, i.e. estivation, could be said to be
> applicable to viruses
>
> (5) If we look at the article in Gizmodo titled Hibernating Aliens Could
> Explain the Great Silence
>
> Hibernating Aliens Could Explain the Great Silence
> <https://gizmodo.com/hibernating-aliens-could-explain-the-great-silence-1795695445>
>
> Hibernating Aliens Could Explain the Great Silence
>
> We have yet to find any traces of extraterrestrial intelligence, a vexing
> problem known as the Fermi Paradox. A ...
>
> <https://gizmodo.com/hibernating-aliens-could-explain-the-great-silence-1795695445>
> We could argue that the artificial intelligence could also be encoded as a
> virus.
>
> AI modeling of viruses could potentially help us with predictive analytics
> for the evolution of viruses through mutations
>
> I checked the Internet and found nothing.
>
> Anyone out there who can prove me wrong in not finding anything or the
> idea of modeling a virus as AI for predictive analytics?
>
>
> Milton Ponson
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