# Wetware Experimentation **Entity class:** Scientific-method concept **Domain:** Biology / Laboratory automation **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Wetware experimentation is physical experimentation on living cells, tissues, organisms, or biological materials rather than purely computational evaluation. ## Mechanism and significance For AI-driven biology, wetware closes the epistemic loop by forcing model-generated hypotheses to encounter living systems whose behavior cannot yet be simulated completely. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Computational Biology and Virtual Cells|Computational Biology and Virtual Cells]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI-Driven Biology]] · [[Cellular Digital Twins]] · [[Computational Biology]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Lila Sciences]] · [[Periodic Labs]] · [[Protein-State Measurement]] · [[Nondestructive Cellular Measurement]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.