Once upon a time, a god shaped clay into human form and breathed a soul into it. From Mesopotamia, to east Asia, to the ancient Americas, the Bible and the Qur’an, the legend of humanity’s creation from clay is a common tale. Clay/ceramics is one of the oldest technologies we have ever known. It's also key to our future. Cheap, easy to find, adaptable, high-temperature resistance, chemically stable, they’re very useful heat shields for space exploration. Could AI breath life into clay ba...