The world's first genetically engineered babies have already been born. Should we embrace this new technology? http://smarturl.it/GEBabiesIQ2 pic.twitter.com/ecyintlx27
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I suppose one is more deliberate and planned as opposed to instinctive, and one allows for potentially disturbing policies, state/corporate control.
Yes, but family, religious, state, and corporate control has been distorting mating markets for thousands of years already.... Power always tries to meddle with reproduction, and often succeeds.
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Sure, I just think that designer babies could rapidly magnify the ability of vested interests to meddle with reproduction, at a scale which confounds our ability to proactively plan or respond.
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Fair enough. But I'm more worried about Artificial General Intelligence, and iterated embryo selection may be our only defense against rapid obsolescence...
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