MIT Technology Review’s James O’Donnell Interviews AI-Designed Virus Creator Samuel King
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
- Who
- James O’Donnell and Samuel King
- What
- recorded an interview King’s work using generative AI to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses
- Quote
Watch as senior AI reporter James O’Donnell interviews King about his work, being named one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 and new ways of seeing biology.
What happened
Senior AI reporter James O’Donnell interviews Stanford University bioengineering PhD candidate Samuel King about using a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. The session covers King’s work, his recognition as one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35, and new ways of seeing biology. The source says this is not yet an example of AI-generated life.
The story so far
MIT Technology Review’s James O’Donnell interviewed Stanford University bioengineering PhD candidate Samuel King about his work using a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. MIT Technology Review said the work is not yet an example of AI-generated life.
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