cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/46390565
We’ve had it 😬
Why. The hell. Is this even being considered, let alone put into practice? This could cause the next pandemic ffs
You can use engineered viruses to develop medical treatments like anti-cancer oncolytic viruses, viral vectors for gene therapy and viral immunotherapy.
Of course, you can also use them to engineer horrific diseases tailored to the genetics of specific groups of humans too, but I mean who would do that? I trust our billionaire overlords.
FOXDIE?
My point exactly. (Who would trust billionaires overlords, or dictators like Russia with this tech?)
I wouldn’t trust the billionaire dictators in the U.S. with a laser pointer, let alone a bioengineered virus.
Don’t worry, the stochastic parrots just repeat what they stole on the internet, so they could never produce anything novel
