{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Deep View: Conversations","title":"#19: Programmable plants - Brad Zamft","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/413b42e6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3608,"description":"I sat down with Brad Zamft, the co-founder and CEO of Heritable Agriculture, to take a deep dive into all the science (both biology and computer science) behind the effort to program plants, why it’s needed and what impacts it might have. \n\nEpisode links: \nHeritable Agriculture: https://heritable.ag/\nHeritable goes after indoor strawberries: https://heritable.ag/heritable-strawberries \nThe sustainability threat of farming: https://vlsci.com/blog/top-issues-in-agriculture-2024/ ; https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply\nThe risks of monoculture and monocropping: https://foodrevolution.org/blog/monocropping-monoculture/\nThe promise of regenerative agriculture: https://theclimatecenter.org/our-work/research/report-the-promise-of-regenerative-agriculture/\nFarming resiliency in the face of climate change: https://sustainability.mit.edu/article/making-agriculture-more-resilient-climate-change\n\nOutline\n\n0:00 – Intro\n2:18 – Brad’s journey to Heritable Agriculture\n9:29 – Why we need programmable plants\n14:23 – Challenges of biology\n19:38 – Validating the models\n22:14 – How does this all physically work? \n31:05 – The challenge of adjusting 2 billion years of evolutionary success\n34:48 – The risks of AI cracking plant DNA\n39:50 – Regenerative Agriculture and tuning for resiliency in the face of climate change\n47:53 – How farmers view the approach\n51:59 – Tree adjustments\n56:28 – The future outlook\n\nGet The Deep View — your daily source for in-depth, fact-based reporting on artificial intelligence — in your inbox every morning. Subscribe here! (https://www.thedeepview.co/subscribe)\nConnect with us on X, TikTok and Instagram.  \nArtificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ioaDRblhWlqekquI4zZDrpNROTZbPjUAT3imFBoFlRM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMjE1/NWJiMWI1ZTZiOTQx/NGVmZTA3NTcyOGQz/MDljNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}