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Sebastian_Hagen comments on SRG 4: Biological Cognition, BCIs, Organizations - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Sebastian_Hagen 07 October 2014 09:13:53PM 5 points [-]

How close we are to making genetic enhancement work in a big way. I'm not fully convinced of the magnitudes of gains from iterated embryo selection as projected by Bostrom; but even being able to drag the average level of genetically-determined intelligence up close to the current maxima of the distribution would be immensely helpful, and it's informative that Bostrom suggests we'll have the means within a few decades.