Artificial Intelligence Solved the Mystery of Flatworm Regeneration

Artificial Intelligence Solved the Mystery of Flatworm Regeneration

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The AI relied on an algorithm that continuously simulated and modified possible flatworm gene networks—much too complex and time consuming a task for humans. After three days, the computer found a model of the flatworm’s gene network that fit with the results of over a centuries worth of studies. “One of the most remarkable aspects of the project was that the model it found was not a hopelessly-tangled network that no human could actually understand, but a reasonably simple model that people can readily comprehend,” co-author Michael Levin told Wired.

The discovery "represents the most comprehensive model of planarian regeneration found to date," he also said.
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