We try to cover the spectrum of opinion on the impending and growing use of artificial intelligence. This week we’re adding gene editing to that conversation. And we’re doing it with a science fiction writer and multi- best selling author. The gene editing tool, known as CRISPR, an acronym, has been in experiments and testing for six years. And recently, a Chinese doctor claims to have used CRISPR on a set of human twins, removing the gene that allows humans to be susceptible to HIV. The doctor has since dropped from public sight after triggering a vast conversation about his ethics as well as potential rules around gene editing. A conversation that we all need to have more of.
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