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Comment by deadbabe | original | For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides
[−]deadbabe · 2026-07-01 Wed 16:02 UTC · link
Going by people’s reactions to AI, what will our reactions be to artificial humans generated from these methods?

Will they be hated? Killed off? Will they ever be see as legitimate, or just soulless beings, p-zombies.

[−]vhantz · 2026-07-01 Wed 16:33 UTC · link
From cells dividing to human generation there is a single step.

Similarly a program that runs on a computer, where its only interactions are strings of numbers is the same as an entity having to interact with the world.

[−]deadbabe · 2026-07-01 Wed 16:35 UTC · link
Interesting, we should be able to have LLMs generate full genetic code or Inpaint into existing code that can be installed into a cell as DNA and have it divide out into any custom creature.

We could launch these custom bacteria in stasis to planets around the galaxy and seed life everywhere.

[−]tete · 2026-07-01 Wed 20:39 UTC · link
You should be able. Go for it.