The origin of life is the hardest question in science. No one knows how the first cell came into being. There is, however, a simpler and more fundamental question: Where do these bits of information come from? An answer would trigger a quantum leap in artificial intelligence. Decoding it could be more significant than the transistor, or even the discovery of DNA itself. Perry Marshall and the private investment group Natural Code LLC announced a technology prize of 5 million dollars for whoever deciphers the code of life and finds the definitive answer. Imagine, therefore, that DNA is like a written book, or a written computer program. Meaningful code must be arranged in the proper order, otherwise the program would not be functional. Behind a written book you also look for its author, and behind a program you also look for its programmer. Neither a book nor a program came into existence by chance. Try solving this question.

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Natural Code LLC is a private investment group created to identify naturally occurring code. Its mission is to discover, develop, and commercialize the fundamental principles of nature that lead to information, consciousness, and intelligence. If we can discover the fundamental forces that create and drive life, we gain immense advantages in artificial intelligence, engineering, informatics, nutrition, aging, health, cancer research, disease treatment, and prevention.

Natural Code LLC will pay a researcher 100,000 dollars for the initial discovery of this code. If the newly discovered process is defensibly patentable, it will ensure patenting. After the patent is granted, it will pay the discoverer the full prize amount in exchange for rights. The investment group will in the future find or create commercial applications for this technology.

Who can participate The challenge is open to all individuals and organizations that meet all the conditions of the challenge defined in the specific challenge agreement posted on their website.

Winner selection Based on criteria, one prize totaling 100,000 USD will be awarded. If the discovery is defensibly patentable, the prize will be awarded totaling 5 million USD.

For more about this competition, you can find it here: https://herox.com/evolution2.0