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Until these same people start being concerned about DIY CRISPR kits, I do not take them seriously: https://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/ https://www.the-odi
by api 3y ago
Until these same people start being concerned about DIY CRISPR kits, I do not take them seriously:
https://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/ https://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/
This is dangerous in ways that require no leaps of logic or hypothetical sci-fi scenarios to imagine. I studied biology as an undergrad and can think of several insanely evil things you could do with this plus some undergrad-level knowledge of genetics and... not gonna elaborate.
But no we are talking about banning math.
This is a combination of cynical people pushing for regulatory capture and smart people being dumb in the highly sophisticated very verbose ways that smart people are dumb.
- carapace 3y agoHoly shit. That's legitimately terrifying.
- abecedarius 3y agoI've seen Yudkowsky and others saying that AI and biotech are both in the unusual bin of threats to all humanity, exceptions to his belief that most things are overregulated. (paraphrase of tweets from memory)