Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons...
by zo1 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:59AM
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Not OP, and I agree that research needs to get access to DNA for medicinal, personalization and drug-development research purposes. What I'm more worried about is this sort of data being used to train a neural network that maps genes to physical traits, which would be both a goldmine and Pandora's box.
If I could compare it to something recent, it's the whole Content -> LLM -> Content loop that was created and we're all upset over now to various degrees. Our DNA is the content and up until now has been an opaque black-box with only minor views into it for very specific genetic diseases. Once they open up the box that allows them to get to things like IQ, height, muscle-density, resistance to diseases, fertility, etc, then the human race is in for a wild down-hill ride.
If I could compare it to something recent, it's the whole Content -> LLM -> Content loop that was created and we're all upset over now to various degrees. Our DNA is the content and up until now has been an opaque black-box with only minor views into it for very specific genetic diseases. Once they open up the box that allows them to get to things like IQ, height, muscle-density, resistance to diseases, fertility, etc, then the human race is in for a wild down-hill ride.