• Shriukan@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    So how far are we from using the Three Seashells and will we be able to afford the Cursing fines to wipe our asses?

  • Breve@pawb.social
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    6 hours ago

    Great, now science just needs to solve the problem of nobody being able to afford raising a child…

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      5 hours ago

      My guess is science has solved that one already. There just is no political will to do that.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Great. Now the billionaire class can just make their lil workers en masse without any need for the plebs. What a fucking timeline.

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      We still need humans for nine months to carry them to term, but I won’t be surprised if there are people looking into a technological “solution” to that.

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      It is exactly this. Leave it to Musk, Bezos, and Duck to read these dystopian novels and think, “Wow, what a beautiful future. Let’s build that!”

      They won’t need AI to replace everybody, just test tube babies cultivated for one specific task: compliance.

  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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    5 hours ago

    …could pave the way for same-sex couples to have biological children together.

    As usual, it sounds like the technology could be used for genuinely good things.

    It could be used for horrible things too, yes, but that’s often how it goes.

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    7 hours ago

    The final step for the patriarchy to get rid of women’s primordial powers. But they will fail