The Age of Superhumans - Gene Editing Through CRISPR & AI

Superhumans are coming! Various technological advances in the field of medicine through AI and CRISPR are going to radically alter our understanding of what it means to be human. AI and Crispr technology have been making revolutionary changes to the field of medicine. Artificial intelligence is being applied in identification of harmful genes and treatment of disease.

Multiple new gene editing technologies in addition to artificial intelligence will cause major changes in healthcare.
The gene-editing tool CRISPR, short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, could help us to reprogram life. It gives scientists more power and precision than they have ever had to alter human DNA.

Could it be conceivable that at one point in the future we could increase the average IQ of the population?
CRISPR technology in the future could enable efficient and affordable treatment of many diseases. It will be also probably used to enhance our intelligence.

CRISPR was originally designed as a technique for editing the DNA of living organisms, but its uses and capabilities have expanded substantially. It is now used widely in biomedical research, including research into human genetics. One of the main issues concerning technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 is accuracy and safety, as mistakes can have significant and dangerous consequences when it comes to an individual’s genome.

David Sinclair explains the mind boggling breakthroughs of medicine in recent times.

The possibility of altering the sequences of genes and correcting the mistakes that were previously irreversible opens many new possibilities for research. Nevertheless, for now, genetic editing technology is still incapable of making the hundreds of changes presumably necessary to make a superintelligent human. But the corresponding ethical issues deserve serious attention before these capabilities become a reality.

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[asktheetruscans]

In science "We can, " means "We've already been doing it."

[captainobvious]

I like how the depiction of scientists are white lab coats and floating holograms with perfectly clean and cutting edge workstations. In reality we’re in small cluttered rooms with papers everywhere, and outdated technology

[MadGamer_]

When reality gets more interesting than fiction you know shit is going down....

[NintendoTitan]

Your channel is growing quite rapidly. Well deserved!

[thelastwitcher]

This is both amazing and scary at the same time.

[prowess]

Suddenly I'm studying Revelations

[StaticVolt]

This was probably 20 years of research and test and they are coming close to perfecting it, I don't think this was developed within the last 5 years

[sebione]

Aliens are us after we modify ourselves beyond recognition and discover time travel. Maybe.

[AnthonyGoodley]

I'd like to see more videos focusing on AI please. AI is a fast evolving and potentially scary subject.

[Anarkey]

Ok, so.... where do I sign up for the Spartan-II program?

[johanlarsson]

I've been thinking about using neural nets for protein folding on and off for 10 years. When CRISPER came along I was doing lab work with restriction enzymes and realized the potential straight away. Up until now we could create any sequence we wanted and place it anywhere in the genome. But novel design was still hard, so it always a question of altering what was there, or copy something from somewhere else. I'm also a programmer, and I recognize this phase, its the "stack overflow"-phase. We could identify existing, already working solutions, and reuse them and maybe tweak them slightly.

AlphaFold2 marks a new era. Now we can program for real. We will still reference stack-overflow from time to time, but we can now frite entirely new things from scratch as well and see how they fold. That way we know if they are a solution or not.

[DisturbedGeneration]

The fact that this was posted 16 hours ago.. means its the most recent information, but. I believe this could help cure cancer, if you think about it

[griffinerterichard]

Hey great video, I cant wait for more content guys gj!

[More_Row]

The age of eugenics again. History never stops repeating.

[ssiddarth]

Great video (as usual), would love to see more of such videos
Like perhaps a series on how the future will look like and what technologies will be the main drivers

[lazarusblackwell]

This technology has a limitless potential

Many things will be changed by this

Looking forward to it

[xXxGodFather]

Rich people already getting these drugs and technologies 😪

[InterpolTarget]

That Japanese scientist tried to use Crispr to get a few extra inches and ended up winning the Nobel prize.

[Commentthat]

People assume that this will be used for good. It's possible but only possible

[Ganesh_lamichhane]

This video is awesome...I mean the quality and all te background!!