AI 'Nanny' Being Created By Chinese Scientists To Grow Babies In Robot Wombs
AI 'Nanny' Being Created By Chinese Scientists To Grow Babies In Robot Wombs
FRIDAY, FEB 04, 2022 - 09:40 PM
The
artificial intelligence nanny has arrived. Robots
and artificial intelligence (AI) may now be used in conjunction to optimize the
generation of human life, marking a significant milestone in the science.
Robotics and artificial intelligence can now assist in the development of newborns via the use of algorithms and artificial wombs, which is eerily similar to what we see in the cult classic, The Matrix.
According to the South China Morning
Post, Chinese experts in Suzhou have pioneered the development of
the latest technological breakthrough. However, there are concerns about the
ethical implications of raising human beings in an artificial environment.
The discoveries were published in the peer-reviewed Journal of
Biomedical Engineering by Suzhou-based scientists. The AI nanny, according to
the researchers, might aid in the growth of human kids in a “long-term
embryo culture device.”
This artificial womb is a big machine containing compartments for
individual fetuses. The infants will be fed as they would be in a real womb if
they are in the chamber, which will be filled with an optimized mix of “nutritious
fluids.”
In what seems sort of eugenics-y, a record of embryo health and “developmental potential” will be kept on file by the software over the duration of the embryo’s development.
It
probably won’t happen any time soon..
At the moment, the new technology is being utilized to assist in
the development of animal embryos that are developing into fetuses in the
laboratory. This is due to the fact that the act of experimenting on human
embryos older than two weeks is prohibited under international law.
Additionally, as the SMCP points out, surrogacy is prohibited in
China. Because artificial wombs would effectively convert a hospital or
laboratory into a mother under Chinese legislation, the technology is unlikely
to be deployed in the area anytime soon.
Having said that, the development of artificial wombs is not a
new concept. While this is not a new discovery, bringing the technology into
human mass production and mixing it with ranking AI is, and it is a development
that is quite dystopian sounding.
Of
course, not everything is a hopeless dystopia..
Although the thought of artificially developing human infants is
a far-fetched one, there are certain advantages to it. In the past, for
example, the process of producing kids within people has been a lengthy,
drawn-out, and unpleasant process, and this could potentially aid mothers who
would like to have children, but are currently unable to, without having to use
a human surrogate. After all, the population is about to start
shrinking by the billions by the end of the century and
fertility rates around the globe are collapsing at a
frightening rate.
This
seems like more of a “when” rather than an “if”..
When artificial human growth becomes available, it will enable
couples who would otherwise be at danger during delivery to have children.
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