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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by specialist on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:43AM (#28211116)
Ya, that'd suck. But consider. Tardigrades are pretty tough. And elephants have x10 more cancer fighting genes than us apes.

Pretty soon, parents will be picking their kid's eye color and temperament. For better or worse. Surely future humans will become a great deal hardier than ourselves.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by croes on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:57AM (#28211281)
Genetics is complex and we don't even can handle complexity in computer programs.

Maybe we can choose eye color, but temperament? Far too complex, far too many possible side effects.

Just look what happened of the dream that AI could help with Corona

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/30/1030329/machine-...

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by daddylongstroke on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @06:50PM (#28228132)
> Surely future humans will become a great deal hardier than ourselves.

It is currently trending in the other direction.

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