Jayson_Virissimo comments on Modest Superintelligences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 22 March 2012 01:07:07AM 7 points [-]

What is the current bottleneck on MS-1? Are we better off raiding Neumann's corpse, extracting the DNA and then implanting all the embryos we can make? Or are we better off with the current strategies of sequencing intelligent people to uncover the genetics of intelligence, which would then allow embryo selection or engineering? With the latter, the main bottleneck seems to be the cost of sequencing (since one needs a lot of genomes to discern the signal through all the noise), but that cost is being pushed down by the free market at a breathtaking pace - and indeed, the Beijing Genomics Institute (see Hsu, IIRC) is already working hard on the task of sequencing smart kids.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 22 March 2012 12:10:04PM *  -1 points [-]

What is the current bottleneck on MS-1? Are we better off raiding Neumann's corpse, extracting the DNA and then implanting all the embryos we can make?

BTW, does anyone know of the...status...of said corpse? 'Tis but a purely academic curiosity, I assure you.

Comment author: pedanterrific 22 March 2012 01:32:24PM 1 point [-]