[swamp40]

Imagine an AI learning from photos/videos of a person and their DNA sequence? And also a list of diseases, health records, etc. Then asking it for predictions while giving it feedback afterwards so it can tune itself.

You could even guarantee privacy. That would be some really useful data.

[paxys]

You mean exactly what 23andMe tried to do, and failed miserably at.

[swamp40]

We are still early. Eventually you'll be able to change your race, gender, add reptile eyes, regrow limbs etc. Has to start somewhere. Need more data.

[dekhn]

I really, really wanted to see a new generation of tattoo technology based on fluorescence and squid chromatophores. However, for the time being, the vast majority of gene editing will be for well-understood medical conditions where all the alternatives have been excluded. Germline (or even somatic) modification for recreational purposes or for non-urgent medical reasons is definitely still considered highly suspect by society as a whole, and I don't see that changing overnight. Somethings still work better in scifi than reality.

[pharmaz0ne]

Exactly. We should start building global database connecting DNA with medical history.

[dekhn]

You mean, like UKBB and All of Us already do, but less nationally focused? The approach seems fraught with complexity due to the complexity of medical ethics, the variation of national laws, and strongly-held nationalist positions.

[swamp40]

Not a big fan? It could be provably private. You could have a kit with a random username/password. It could be done. People just have a bad taste from 23andMe.

[ronald_raygun]

I can already change my race. I just check a different box on government forms...

[hanniabu]

There was no privacy there

[vessenes]

I like this a lot; you could have a multimodal setup with a DNA transformer, an image transformer and an LLM. Extremely fundable startup.