# Summary of IRC Log from September 12, 2016

The log contained minimal substantive discussion, but these points were noteworthy:

* A link was shared about semisynthetic organisms with expanded genetic alphabets: "Unintended consequences in the world's first semisynthetic organisms" (http://phys.org/news/2016-09-unintended-consequences-world-semisynthetic.html)

* A participant noted that genetic engineering may evolve toward replacing complex parallel distributed systems with more linear-interactable systems, such as inserting barcodes to gate different regulatory networks rather than using numerous organic molecules.

* An observation was made about the contrasting trends between genetic engineering and AI research, with AI/neural networks moving toward compressing multivariate systems into compact encodings.

* Two papers were shared: "Smarter signatures: Experiments in verifications" from the ID2020 Design Workshop and "Deep web exploitation of health sector breach victims" from ICIT.

* A link to a NASA VR/360 Astronaut Training video about spacewalking was shared.

* A scientific paper was mentioned: "The novel asymmetric entry intermediate of a picornavirus captured with nanodiscs" from Science Advances.