Re:How Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe Will Mine Its Giant DNA Database
by Lyle-Cantor on Saturday June 08, 2019 @10:18AM
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No one should be surprised, their database is extremely valuable. They have a labeled database of millions of genomes. Once they sequence them all, then they just need to buy Luminosity (which is basically a site full of IQ tests) and find their common customers. If they have a millions common customers, then they can build a predictive model for IQ. Repeat with any other trait you want to predict. Hell, buy a video game company and embed behavioural tests within it.
Sell it for use in embryo selection, employee profiling, to governments.
Sell it for use in embryo selection, employee profiling, to governments.