Will AI Make The Perfect Human? — The Silent Revolution of Eugenics
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Will AI Make The Perfect Human? — The Silent Revolution of Eugenics
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In 1920 American doctors measured skulls at state fairs and gave trophies to the fittest families. By 1927 the Supreme Court had ruled that forced sterilization was constitutional. Sixty thousand Americans were sterilized against their will.
After Nuremberg nobody used the word eugenics anymore. They changed the job titles. The idea didn't go anywhere.
In 2018 a scientist in China edited the DNA of two unborn embryos. He went to prison. Three American companies picked up where he left off. Legally. With investor money. With no federal oversight whatsoever.
This is not a conspiracy theory. These companies have websites. They run subway ads. One of them bought the domain PickYourBaby.com.
This episode follows the line from a county fair in Kansas in 1920 to a Silicon Valley pitch deck in 2025. The science changed. The intention didn't.
Buck v. Bell has never been overturned. It is still valid precedent.