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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Update on Chinese IQ-related gene panels, published by Lao Mein on December 14, 2023 on LessWrong.
It turns out that Chinese 23-and-me-esque gene panel already include intelligence markers! For example, 23mofang uses Interleukin 3 as a proxy for brain volume, citing this paper. It's... only significant in women. Not a good sign. But the cited study notes a Danish gene-correlation study that included brain scans, from which they obtained brain volume. Apparently, the correlation is true across races.
In any case, I've been reaching out to past coworkers, and they agree with my assessment that a polygenic database for the purpose of embryo selection would be easy and mostly cheap to do. Being Chinese, we of course have no issues with including factors like eye color, height, intelligence, ect. However, I have several questions before I proceed further.
What is the overall demand? How many customers would be interested? What specific traits are parents most interested in? Funding is the single biggest obstacle I face, and I will be applying for AstralCodexTen funding. If enough interest is displayed or if I get charitable funding, my gut feeling is that I can offer analysis for
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