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[HUMAN VOICE] "Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With Gene Editing May Be Possible" by Gene Smith and Kman

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Support ongoing human narrations of LessWrong's curated posts:www.patreon.com/LWCuratedTL;DR versionIn the course of my life, there have been a handful of times I discovered an idea that changed the way I thought about the world. The first occurred when I picked up Nick Bostrom’s book “superintelligence” and realized that AI would utterly transform the world. The second was when I learned about embryo selection and how it could change future generations. And the third happened a few months ago when I read a message from a friend of mine on Discord about editing the genome of a living person.Source:https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JEhW3HDMKzekDShva/significantly-enhancing-adult-intelligence-with-gene-editingNarrated for LessWrong by Perrin Walker.Share feedback on this narration.[125+ Karma Post] ✓[Curated Post] ✓

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Support ongoing human narrations of LessWrong's curated posts: www.patreon.com/LWCurated TL;DR version In the course of my life, there have been a handful of times I discovered an idea that changed the way I thought about the world. The first occurred when I picked up Nick Bostrom’s book “superintelligence” and realized that AI would utterly transform the world. The second was when I learned about embryo selection and how it could change future generations. And the third happened a few month...

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