The law of unintended consequences warns that an intervention in a complex system invariably creates unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes. Predicting the future is a complex business - digital computers were simply not up to the task. Early in the 21st century a new type of computer was invented - an organic based computer that mimicked the action of neurons. Using massively parallel computing power and goal seeking software - artificial intelligence was no longer a far off dream. Breakthroughs in synthetic DNA construction opened new techniques for building memory, processing,...