Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down13
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoTrust me, bro. -Google, probably
minus-squareRVGamer06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoReading that comment made me think about lesbian mosquitoes for a moment.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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
Reading that comment made me think about lesbian mosquitoes for a moment.
and the wild species, breed faster than normal to compensate too.