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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease

www.the-independent.com

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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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Sam Altman and his husband have reportedly invested in a gene-editing startup which aims to eliminate hereditary diseases
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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    TIL Sam is gay

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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        The trans people they never knew they met.

    • Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works
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      Pretty sure he and others like him are not gay; If they want to engineer babies, it’s for a reason…

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    The ability to reduce diseases and disorders in newborns sounds wonderful, until you find out which techno-fascist is behind the movement.

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      The other issue I have is that this is an example of a recurring issue in which the tech obsessed ultra wealthy declare their plan to solve a problem for which a very straightforward policy solution already exists.

      We don’t need tech to extend lives or feed the hungry. We just need to remove the paywalls to existing resources.

      • MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Yeah, here’s an easy way to prevent most birth defects:

        Free nutritious food
        Regulating toxic chemicals
        Prenatal education and healthcare

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          None of that will deal with an inherited genetic disorder

          • MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            I think nutrition has a bigger effect than genetic variability

    • deathbird@mander.xyz
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      Oh come on.

      This guy couldn’t even get a train to run on time.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        I mean, the original flavor didn’t either

      • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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        Not for a lack of trying

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    so all Lemmy takes from this article is that Sam Altman is gay.

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      Tim Cook, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel.

      We have enough data points to suggest that being gay doesn’t insulate you from being greedy and corrupt.

      That’s important, too.

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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        Gay people are just as shitty as everyone else. They’re no better or no worse. They just have sex with people of the same gender.

        Who you want to fuck REALLY doesn’t matter, like, at all, imo, in the grand scheme of things.

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        We have a code of conduct training at work that includes and anti corruption segment (nothing weird, just stuff like “a vendor buying lunch at a sales meeting is fine, but no gifts or having lunch at extremely expensive places”, and “some places give small symbolic gifts around holidays, usually a pastry. That’s fine. Do not accept a $500 pastry”)

        A couple years ago they updated the module and the person engaging in non-obvious corrupt business practices became gay in passing. The overwhelming response by a lot of the company was “yay! We made it guys! They realized that we like bribes too! I feel so seen”.

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          If someone was going to accept a $500 pastry, I’d put my money on the gay guy.

          (It’s me.)

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        Hey don’t leave Trump out of this! He’s at least bi.

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    • Darkness343@lemmy.worldBanned
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      I am surprised the American government is even backing them.

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    The same guy who admitted he couldn’t raise his child without ChatGPT btw.

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      This is a very good reminder - thank you.

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    This really reminds me of “Brave New World”, kind of scary actually.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      And everyone already has the ability to pick their Soma

    • hash@slrpnk.net
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      Shit, thanks for reminding me I’m scrolling instead of reading the copy in my bag.

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    Wait, this guy’s gay?

    • TheMinister@sh.itjust.works
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      Neoliberal utopia. The wealthy elite destroying the world and forcing eugenics on the masses fly a rainbow flag

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        It’s almost as if the forces of good and evil don’t abide by the line we draw in the sand, for some reason.

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    So we’re skipping the Bell Riots and straight into Eugenics War?

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      Give me Butlerian jihad or give me death!

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    Anytime any non scientist wants to genetically engineer babies you should get very worried

    When crypto or ai bros want to do that get outright scared

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    As long as they wait until they’re 18.

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    Suspiciously all blonde haired and blue eyed. All with reduced intelligence unless you pay a lifelong subscription.

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    What baby? How? I’m very confused right now.

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    Sounds like he’s trying to create his own Musk-esq mythos.

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    This is how I find out that he’s gay?

    Well, good for him and his partner.

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    Know what? Fair. Good for them.

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