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beezlebub33 t1_j1lus6k wrote

Gattaca

Genetic modification of people is coming, and the normals will not be able to compete. Any business, given the choice between someone who has been modified to be smarter, better looking, harder working and someone who has not will obviously choose the modified. Un-modified will be left behind, and won't even be considered. Unless they take extreme measures of course.

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Ortus12 OP t1_j1o2nd9 wrote

Hopefully there are genetic modifications we can make as adult with technologies such as crisper.

https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/btn-2019-0056

I tend to doubt genetically modified humans will be able to out compete Ai, in the domain of cognitive labor (maybe we can outcompete expensive robots for a while) but I'd love to be able the shed my stubborn belly-fat easier without feeling hunger 24/7. I don't eat processed foods, and I'm optimizing my life so I have strong reason to believe that last little bit that won't leave for long is genetic.

Anything that improves health and helps us have the looks that we prefer is going to improve quality of life.

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mocha_sweetheart t1_j1rrv6d wrote

Maybe posthumanism could be a realistic future toward this where we are modified a lot due to things such as Moravec transfers, neural interfaces with AI etc. like in Orion’s Arm would be a realistic approach

By the way I sent you a Reddit chat PM are you ok with that?

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Ortus12 OP t1_j1slamy wrote

Thanks for letting me know. My message inbox is buggy/broken but I deleted a few other messages and it showed up. Hopefully you can see my response.

I have to lookup Morvac transfers.

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