The Longevity Revolution
The Longevity Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence is Challenging the Paradigm of Evolutionary Canalization 🖨️ Print / Save as PDF Article Type: Viewpoint Author: Robert S. M. Trower Affiliation: Trantor Standard Systems Inc. Brockville Abstract Classical evolutionary theory, notably Riedl’s concept of canalization, suggests that human lifespan is constrained by deeply entrenched developmental architectures, implying that **senescence** is an effectively immutable biological reality. However, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) from 2023 to 2025 have begun to challenge this pessimism. This viewpoint synthesizes recent developments to argue that AI is reframing aging from a biological mystery into a tractable engineering challenge. We examine two primary frontiers: the use of autonomous AI agents and generative models to discover geroprotective interventions, including the identification of compounds like ouabain via l...