sue_me_please@awful.systems to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days agoUS startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldchapotraphouse@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarefnix@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 minutes agoWell, in the same way that Mars colonies are here now. Techbros with more money than sense throwing it at things with futuristic aesthetics doesn’t make them real.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoHuh? It’s already here in use today… They can already test an embryo for generic defects. It is still in it’s infancy, but the technology is here. Where decode more of human DNA every day Actual intelligence testing may not ever be possible. But in general this is going to happen.
Gattaca is here now.
Well, in the same way that Mars colonies are here now. Techbros with more money than sense throwing it at things with futuristic aesthetics doesn’t make them real.
Huh? It’s already here in use today… They can already test an embryo for generic defects.
It is still in it’s infancy, but the technology is here. Where decode more of human DNA every day
Actual intelligence testing may not ever be possible. But in general this is going to happen.