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Palmer Luckey raies $200,000,000 to genetically engineer dogs for war (dangerousminds.net)

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Palmer Luckey of Anduril is teaming with Ben Lamm of Colossal Biosciences to launch Warhound, a startup dedicated to genetically engineering and cloning dogs for service in war, police work and first responder work.

Speaking to Wired, Lamm explained that the project was twofold. One part of the project would oversee the genetic engineering and cloning of the ideal dogs for war, and the other would develop tech for them to use on battlefields.

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[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 day ago (13 children)

So this is awful and stupid, but what I really want to know is what they think they can genetically engineer that can out perform a Belgian malinois for energy and physicality or a bloodhound for scent work. Like working dogs are already incredibly finely tuned through massive breeding programs.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They're not looking to make a better dog, they're looking to make a patentable dog.

[–] Schmoo@startrek.website 2 points 13 hours ago

And the precedent's already set by big ag companies patenting genetically modified crops.

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