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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease (www.the-independent.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 35 points 11 months ago (5 children)

They do realize that this is how most zombie apocalypse movies start. Genetic tapering to stop diseases.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah that's fiction for a reason

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I mean the zombie part, sure.

    Do you really think in the hands of Silicon Valley techbros this ain’t gonna get ugly?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I mean I can certainly imagine all sorts of crazy shit but I don't think it'll be any kind of outbreak that kills the species, call me optimistic

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