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Slate Star Codex was the former name for a blog by Scott Alexander about human cognition, politics, and medicine. In 2021, the name was changed to Astral Codex Ten: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ The team offered a guided tour of their test website, which is not yet public. During the presentation, they claimed selecting the “smartest” of 10 embryos would lead to an average IQ gain of more than six points, although other traits such as height and risk of obesity or acne could be prioritised depending on personal preferences. Looks like Pandora's box is basically open. What I find most surprising here is that 1) They were able to get access to UK Biobank data for this project, 2) UK Biobank doesn't have any issue with it and their chief executive has come out in support of what the company is doing and 3) Just how much of an IQ improvement they claim to get, I'd not have expected more than 3-4 points from choosing the best embryo/10 but equally the amount of data their model is tr

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