How would this be useful for reproductive purposes over and above embryo selection? You can see almost no actual phenotypes in an embryo other than "growing right" versus "going horribly wrong".
You can sequence for genotypes, and do selection based on the results of genomic studies.
The article by Robert Sparrow:
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The possibility was discussed in MIRI's "Uncertain Future" toy forecasting model back in 2009, and the analysis formulated a few years before that.
ETA: And further discussed in James Miller's recent book, "Singularity Rising."