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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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The devil is in the details. Are benevolent actors doing it, or are folks just trying to install DRM into gene sequences.
The details are quite clear, even in this article. They're targeting genetic diseases.
Oh? Well, that's good then. It's safely in the hands of benevolent people and therefore impervious to abuse by bad actors, forever.
This is just whitewashing eugenics.
If he said they were trying to create a super race, everyone we would be up in arms.
But when they frame it as trying to cure babies, they get away with a lot more.
There is a reason this is illegal in the US and UK.
It's not illegal in US. The FDA will not approve it, the NIH will not fund it, but a private company can do it. There is no federal legislation that dictates protocols or restrictions.
It's absolutely illegal in other countries, including China.