With Existing IFV tech & a laughably conservative extrapolation of the trend in identifying IQ-associated genes, we will be buying+15 IQ points for our grandchildren. This has not sunk in for most. My back of the envelope:pic.twitter.com/OpsFyqkD3z
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Testing the embryos currently carries the risk of damaging it permanently. Do you have an idea what the scale of the costs we’re talking about is?
Gwern lays out some of the cost data here. A round of IVF is currently $10k, give or take. I'd expect the cost of sequencing to eventually be de minimis compared to the other procedures. https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection …
it’s a lot but just a hiccup next to, idk, college and i suspect ivf is gonna get really popular w/ women to max kids/pregnancy
Several other species.
This will obviously have to be banned. Except in China, where the state will ruthlessly exploit it.
IF you can turn stem cells into gametes and gametes into stem cells, then you can have not just 1000+ embryos, but 1000+ generations of 1000+ embryos. Artificial selection at a pace of drosophila.
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