The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World
Added 2024-05-12 00:21:26 +0000 UTCImagine a world where the genetic code is as easy to edit as a simple copy-and-paste.
This is the reality of CRISPR, a revolutionary technology that could cure diseases and save countless lives.
But in the wrong hands, it may lead to a dark future.
Unlocking the secrets of DNA and the rapid evolution of AI is creating unintended consequences.
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19:35 Eh... you're not describing GMO correctly. First you douse the entire crop in toxic chemicals that kill every plant known to man. Then, when those chemicals overload the food chain, and humans end up with their gall bladder full of toxic chemicals, and, you know, bile.. you blame it on gluten allergies, and simply cut their gall bladders out. Meanwhile, you genetically modify the plants so that they can never reproduce on their own. Then you slice in DNA from insects and toxic plants to keep insect pests from wanting to eat the tainted crops. Of course, you still feed the crops to humans. I mean, most of the free world BANNED these sort of crops, but they're still perfectly fine to feed lower class Americans day in and day out! Next you make the farmers sign contracts, locking them in to ever increasing seed pricing, that they can't escape from. You ban them from growing standard crops, and you shut down seed banks that carry non-GMO seeds, using fake police forces operating under the color of law. You plant GMO crops upwind of organic crops, then burn down entire fields of crops when they come up tainted, bankrupting organic farmers overnight. THAT's what GMO crops are. Don't worry about tracers in 20 years, worry about the toxic waste in the cheerios that you're feeding to your toddler NOW. For the future? Your scenario is devoid of the influence of mega-corporations. What they are going to do, is figure out a way to charge you a monthly fee to exist without catching any sort of disease. Then they'll start releasing truly horrifying diseases, not silly Covid nonsense. Things that cause your internal organs to explode, or turn your bones to mush, or take control of your nervous system. With that kind of fear in place, they'll be sure to get every human on the planet to sign up. Then, like the antivirus companies of yesteryear, they'll figure out ways to get different schemes going , to get people to sign up to multiple monthly subscriptions to stay healthy. ...or else.
James Long
2025-07-10 04:16:05 +0000 UTCA fake attack by one or more armed autonomous AI systems might serve those who monopolize or suppress the most advanced technologies available to humans just as well as a fake alien invasion. Indeed, the two concepts could compliment one another to form the new narrative to be taught to the traumatized survivors of a T2/War of the Worlds catastrophe that would leave a remnant of humanity as the grateful serfs of those who had killed their family members, friends, and neighbors. Worth an episode about something more consistently plausible than Project Blue Beam? Maybe focus on confirming or debunking the public statements of Carol Rosin regarding this matter?
Steve Pisani
2024-11-27 22:07:01 +0000 UTC
