There is very steady technological progress in both. And generally more potential. But that’s only the technological side, where I think leap-frogging is likely or already happened.
I think there are very significant political hurdles to actually applying genome synthesis or gene editing for intelligence in humans. He probably rightly expects that those won’t be overcome, while embryo selection has an easier “in” via IVF where you have to select an embryo anyway.
Yeah. It’s pretty crazy to imagine that DNA synthesis is happening anytime soon. Meanwhile, embryo selection is safe and effective now, and getting better all the time.
Interesting claim. We specifically asked him that and he didn’t think that was the case, but you could be right!
There is very steady technological progress in both. And generally more potential. But that’s only the technological side, where I think leap-frogging is likely or already happened.
I think there are very significant political hurdles to actually applying genome synthesis or gene editing for intelligence in humans. He probably rightly expects that those won’t be overcome, while embryo selection has an easier “in” via IVF where you have to select an embryo anyway.
Yeah. It’s pretty crazy to imagine that DNA synthesis is happening anytime soon. Meanwhile, embryo selection is safe and effective now, and getting better all the time.