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Rhonda Patrick

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Okay, well, I don't want my child to have cystic fibrosis.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Okay, that's acceptable, right?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Because that's like, obviously.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Right.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

And that's where it's like, well, what if you want to make an embryo that is smarter, that is more resilient to disease?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

These things are probably going to be more acceptable in the community than...

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

than phenotypes, than looks, right?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

So it's like, it's hard.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

It's like this blurry line and what's ethical, what's not, and how do you define that?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

And it's gonna be hard.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

There's gonna be all sorts of questions and I would say problems that are gonna arise as this technology advances.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

And it is very exciting, right?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

I mean, you're talking about what if we could tune up humans where we're smarter, we're more disease resistant,

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

We live longer.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

I mean, who doesn't want that?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Right.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

I mean, it's a really good question, not to mention the fact that, you know, if you start to screen for intelligence and like, how do you define intelligent?

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Right.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

Because we have this like neurodivergence, you know, people are so different and some people are very analytical.

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“What If We Make SUPER Humans?” - AI Gene Editing Future SPARKS Human Enhancement CONTROVERSY

You have that engineering type of brain and then you have the more conspiracy type and maybe a little more paranoid.