Stone brings up a lot of good points. And those points are mostly what I remembered about the controversy back in the day. First it was GMO 'Round-up ready' wheat so the creators could then spray the grains with buckets of herbicides. And then, even worse was using gene therapy on corn which is wind pollinated and far more detrimental because it could easily spread to unintended crops such as my crops! I am also 99% organic and I don't want those nasty chemicals in my yard or in my food.
But like all things these modern technologies can be used for good or for 'evil' not so good purposes. Like AI. I listen to a lot of science podcasts. AI is now being used to find new cures for cancers and diseases. They say they can find new cures in months or years now instead of in decades thanks to AI. That's a good thing. But it is also being used to create deep fakes in video and audio transmissions. One outcome can cure the world of terrible diseases and one outcome could cause devastating effects to our societies.
My grandmother used to say... "You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater". It looks like GMO's and AI are here to stay whether we like it or not. I am glad they are now using it for things other than contaminating our foods with more nasty chemicals.
I still prefer to grow heirlooms organically. Now that I'm getting older I'm far more cautious about everything and much more set in my ways. But I hope there's still a little bit of that youth left in me that was excited to try new things like a microwave, silly putty and culottes.
And now they're learning to grow food in the dark.
https://geneticliteracyproject...
I think I'll dig out my old culottes and see if they still fit... Happy gardening.
