[ExI] Ethics of cloning

[Keith Henson]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat
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> > I don't know what the market will be for clones.  Any thoughts?
>
> A source of organs perhaps?

I doubt it.  DNA recovery and cloning of this sort is probably after
nanomedicine has removed the need for replacement organs.

Kieth
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> > On Apr 26, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have stored DNA samples from 6 people and a cat.  If the rapid
> > progress in AI spills over into nanotechnology, then not too many
> > years into the future it will be possible to produce a clone of anyone
> > from whom you can get a DNA sample.
> >
> > What you get out of this is a baby, not a copy.  Further, I think
> > whatever DNA filters are being used at that time should be applied.
> >
> > I don't know what the market will be for clones.  Any thoughts?
> >
> >
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