Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down14
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoDidn’t this already happen once, and it turned out that sterile mosquitoes aren’t as sterile as they thought? I might (and hope to) be misremembering.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·23 hours agoNot to worry, they’re using AI to sort the mosquitoes, so they totally won’t accidentally release a bunch of super-females with extra disease carrying capacity and ultra-fecundity, because they specifically told the AI not to do that…
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoTrust me, bro. -Google, probably
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoand the wild species, breed faster than normal to compensate too.
Didn’t this already happen once, and it turned out that sterile mosquitoes aren’t as sterile as they thought? I might (and hope to) be misremembering.
Not to worry, they’re using AI to sort the mosquitoes, so they totally won’t accidentally release a bunch of super-females with extra disease carrying capacity and ultra-fecundity, because they specifically told the AI not to do that…
Trust me, bro.
-Google, probably
and the wild species, breed faster than normal to compensate too.