Editing Openai/686aedb2-60b0-8003-98a8-e1766cf496a6 (section)

==== The phrase appears only in the one-paragraph “Bigger Picture” preamble, where they say future chemical systems “can self-assemble, process information, orchestrate reaction pathways…” Prebiotic Systems Chemistry by … ====

  The body of the paper never demonstrates information processing in the Shannon or genetic sense. The closest they get is:
* selective crystallisation of one stereoisomer over others (a rudimentary form of “selection”);
* phosphate-mediated interconversion of ribo- and arabino-configured intermediates, steering the pathway toward biologically relevant stereochemistry. Prebiotic Systems Chemistry by …

These are examples of chemical discrimination, not of storing and transforming symbolic information.

Bottom line: the claim is aspirational. Nothing in the review shows a prebiotic system reading, copying or transmitting a code.