I have not yet watched the full video but it looks similar to the talk I heard Michael Levin give (titled "Robot Cancer") at ALIFE 2020, and it was fascinating. I posted some hastily taken notes on my blog at the time[0] and still think about this talk often.
The examples shown of manipulation of the regeneration of worms were especially interesting. He showed how it was possible to have a planarian of one species grow the head of a planarian of another species without touching DNA at all. He posited that DNA is the "hardware", but that anatomy itself is controlled by modular software that we can take advantage of manipulating in an easier way than trying to pick apart and modify the hardware (DNA).
The examples shown of manipulation of the regeneration of worms were especially interesting. He showed how it was possible to have a planarian of one species grow the head of a planarian of another species without touching DNA at all. He posited that DNA is the "hardware", but that anatomy itself is controlled by modular software that we can take advantage of manipulating in an easier way than trying to pick apart and modify the hardware (DNA).
[0] https://liza.io/alife-2020-robot-cancer/