[ExI] DNA neural network

[Anders Sandberg]

Here is a cute trick: making neural networks out of DNA.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7356/full/nature10262.html

The nice thing is that they actually get analogue activation, and can 
even run a 4-neuron Hopfield model. Not directly useful (especially 
since the network cannot update its weights and learn), but it could be 
used to plug in pattern recognition or classification into synthetic 
biology constructs.


-- 
Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford University