...says Lahn. "Not to understate the problem of th...

2010-07-16T22:03:54.733-04:00

...says Lahn. "Not to understate the problem of that person living in an environment where they might not fit in. So, if we could also create their habitat and create a bunch of them, that would be a different story."

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MachineIntelligence #1: You know we could use all this genetic material we've gathered to clone a human. Think of the research value!
MachineIntelligence #2: We'll need an environment suitable for them.
MachineIntelligence #1: Well for the majority of their history they were nomadic hunters... we can knock up some sort of fake jungle for them to live in. They'll be happy there.
MachineIntelligence #2: Isn't that a little unethical? Our evidence suggests that they were intelligent and rational, at least some of the time. If we do this at all, surely we'd need to grant them at at least 1.0 level access rights?
MachineIntelligence #2: Nah. There's no ethical problem with this because they were clearly inferior to us... otherwise they wouldn't have gone extinct back at the beginning of recorded MI history. Besides, they might not fit in.

When it come to cloning extinct species, why do pe...

2010-07-16T21:50:38.588-04:00

When it come to cloning extinct species, why do people always focus on larger animals, usually mammals (and occasionally dinosaurs)? Yes, I am including another species of humans as a "large mammal". I would think that reviving extinct species of insects would be easier and more useful for study.

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...says Lahn. "Not to understate the problem of th...

When it come to cloning extinct species, why do pe...