Comments by "Brenda Rua" (@brendarua01) on "The age of genetic wonder | Juan Enriquez" video.

It's a great talk, loaded with information I had no idea of. This is exciting! But I'm left feeling nervous, even a bit queasy. The presenter kind a cavalierly acknowledges problems. I cringed when if flippantly said assign 30% of your brain power to worrying. I've seen too many engineering and architecture failures. As a programmer, I know well how tough quality control is under best of circumstances. Just wail until the bean counters start nipping at resources, how officers react to board pressure to increase profits - by cutting costs.. We have seen corporate officers cause global recessions to make an extra buck. It will happen again as this stuff moves to the factor floor and production contends with safety. Think we know how to manage ecology by introducing new players? Ask Australians how much they like their rabbits or those cute little frogs that are taking over. Ask UA grain farmers who are forced bo buy seeds from Monsanto because they need resistance to herbicide used buy a farmer upwind. The law of unintended consequences is nebulous and mysterious - but real as a brick. Not that terrorists will care about any of this. I'm generally pro technology and an optimist. We've come a long way since 1900 and live very well across most of the world. But I am hoping that AI will offer some solution to the "budding" mess the bio-revolution will bring with it.
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@busknwander5929 I think you are right in general. I suspect the law of unintended consequences will always be a factor. AI can't avoid it, but only analyse deeper than humans. There might be some benefits to it. Maybe no corruption? What need for money would it have? I don't know, just tossing out an idea
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