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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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Generally speaking (by theory subscription), moral evaluations of an action consider the state of the agent.
"Is this a good technology?" And "Is Sam Altman doing good?" Are two radically different questions with radically different answers.