Today people don’t feel a lack of space to store their information. We have cloud technologies with billions of terabytes of free space where we can store our photos, videos, important documents, etc, while 50 years ago people had to choose what information was important enough to save it on those huge machines that had only a few kilobytes of memory. Today we can store any information we want not worrying about its size or importance, but there is another problem that most users don’t see: huge data centres which cost a lot and take a lot of space. That is how big data has become a big problem. Scientists found out an alternative of hard drives: data storage in DNA. This idea is described in the video below:
- What do you think about an idea of storing data in DNA?
- Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
- Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
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As I mentioned above, I think it is stupidity. I believe that you have to take care of yourself and your life and not experiment without any knowledge.
I believe that understanding DNA is the biggest problem. Scientists have no idea how it works and what it is for. Maybe, when storing data, a man would lose his humanity :(
I dont belive in that video!
This is a very difficult moral issue. Personally, I am a man of science and everything that is progress fascinates me. However, I realize that there are many opponents. After all, keeping organisms in the fridge is like holding brake pads in a warehouse.
It depends on the level of use of my data. I would be more worried about the security of this data. If I had to use them on a daily basis, it means that they could be easily accessible to someone. I am afraid that if someone would have their possession, he could take credit for it or use it to denigrate me to extort the benefits.
If it can somehow be improved, then maybe it would be a good progressive idea. Although DNA itself is a repository of vast amounts of information. By the way, natural and real gift of nature. The main thing is that these ideas do not damage human development.
Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
Well, in fact, within reason, if a person has the opportunity to any advanced and useful idea, why not use it. It is just worth considering the risks, it is worth minimizing them, if it doesn’t really work out, then it’s better not to interfere with the body’s natural processes.
Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
Maybe such ideas will help solve some problems of people with genetic abnormalities, not directly, but in the course of these studies new facts can be discovered, it would be great. But in general, I would not joke with such things, if success is not guaranteed.
2. I think the development process of our civilization shouldn’t be stopped due to some ‘God playing’ arguments. In my opinion it’s rather a matter of ethics and morality. Like it was with these human clones in china, maybe we are not ready yet to ‘put it in production’ but as the development have never been stopped, we could see the real, working example that someday might be implemented in our everyday lives.
3. The one problem that come to my mind is access to the data - saving and retrieving it requires access to our organisms so we might probably have to find a way to connect to ourselves and it would probably be through blood.. So it’s required to use some injection which might be dangerous and not always secure. In such a projects security is the highest priority.
I find it a bit drastic at the moment. It reminds me of chips planted underneath our skins to control us and all these not nice associations.
Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
Like I said, to me it's probably just another step at human development, we could see from way beyond that our civilization is heading towards cyborgs, biomechanics and all that stuff - you can find those predictions in popculture, games, movies, you name it. But yeah, I feel it sound a bit like playing God to me, at least at the moment. Maybe we need some time to get used to the idea.
2. There is no such thing as 'playing god'. It is good science is pushing to achieve such things and it should be encouraged.
3. Seeing problems in these things is holding progress back. People should denounce such close-minded thinking.
I think that it’s great idea on paper, but I don’t think that it’s going to happen. Too much possible drawbacks, too much money needed to perform a series of scientific studies, and yeaah It’s not going to happen.
2. Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
No, I think that it’s just stupid inefficient idea, probably to get money from venture capitalists.
3. Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
I see a lot of possible problems, but as I said, I don’t believe in this idea.
I have already heard a similar data storage idea before. This is interesting to me. But in my opinion, it will be difficult to put into practice.
Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
On the one hand, yes. It is terrible to imagine the consequences if they make a mistake. Although, on the other hand, it is unlikely that these, data will be stored in a living organism. And DNA and so stores the data. So, perhaps this is just a natural development of science because electronic data storage is very short-lived. Once people learned to make fire and others also thought that they were playing God.
Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
We will use it in everyday life, maybe in a hundred years. In the meantime, this is all only in the development and after creation will be used to store the knowledge of mankind.
I think this is a great idea it definitely will drastically impact our everyday life. However, I think we need more time to make it real. Also, to be honest, I can't imagine using it in practice now.
2. Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
No, definitely no. For me playing God is creating a new life. Like Frankenstein. And this is just a new wave of progress and who knows, maybe in 15-20 years, it will be normal to save all your data in DNA.
3. Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
I think it depends, on how much will be needed to make this happen. In my opinion, there shouldn't be any problems. It will be used in everyday life just like how we use the cloud to store our data.
I do not think that people play God creating such things, because many technologies are created according to the principle of work of something in nature (at least artificial intelligence like the brain)I hope that scientists will develop and translate into ordinary life.
2. In my point of view, playing God is a very strange and stupid idea. All this is done for money and fame. We should not play with nature. And all of this is in name of what? Science?
3. It's really hard to answer this question, because I'm not in topic, but surely there are problems of using DNA storage in our everyday life. Like everywhere, we have problems.
2. In my opinion it is only a tool. Similar to using animal skins as clothes.
3. Complicated devices to read data so possible failures.
2. The phrase “playing god” seems out of place here. We are not talking strictly about tinkering with living organisms, just emulating one of their core systems to store data. That being said, I cannot wait for someone to encode a cat picture in DNA and then try to actually grow it. It’s a hilariously unavoidable reality.
3. Just the practical ones: we need better ways of storing it. Recording my diploma in a tube of DNA just to spill it on the day of my defence would be maddening.
Quite nice (double helix, and good repait system) however mutations will depreciate code
Do you think that people are playing God synthesizing the most important thing of every organism just for storing files like pictures, images, etc?
No, laboratories are doing it every day while synthesizing chains for reserch
Do you see any problem of using DNA storage in our everyday life?
there are better ways