Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1216
arrow-up1216external-linkGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days 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-up11·24 days 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-squareRVGamer06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoReading that comment made me think about lesbian mosquitoes for a moment.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days 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.