Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/04/2026tech bros and eugenics will never be partedMother Jones@motherjones.comAfter advancements in gene editing led to the successful treatment of life-threatening health conditions, some tech bros are considering a new application for the controversial science: making super-smart babies to save the world from dangerously capable AI.ow.lyCreating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.)The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.” 79122
Jam🪱 @wormyorchids.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Buuuuut THEYRE THE ONES PUSHING THE AI!?!? Love to create a problem so you can wedge in a “solution” 000
Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The superrich are mere mortal flesh, but they are alienated from humanity. 000
Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social · 19/04/2026This is following in the footsteps of the demented psychopath in the White House. Willfully create a crises of apocalyptic proportions, then solve that problem by creating one that is a billion times worse. This is as fantastical as it is nonsensical. The creation of AI-driven humans is unthinkable. 000
dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 18/04/2026if they could splice genes, they'd have done it before now 000
In Medias Res @imr-vo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Yeah, let's also have a eugenics war while we fight skynet. Brilliant. 010
Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Toad frogs and Australia immediately come to mind. 010
dune.sys (1987), pussy-owning eldritch @nofunoverlord.northsky.social · 18/04/2026techbros: "ai is the future, let's dump as many resources into it as we can, damn the planet" also techbros: "we need supersmart babies to fix our problems" meanwhile, the plethora of super smart people who already exist can't get jobs, let alone fix the planet, because techbros fire us constantly 160
