| GClab Project | Potential Risks | Potential Benefits | Risk Reduction & reversal | Translation & Newcos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging reversal via gene therapy | Overpopulation, ossification of dogma | Retain experts. Longer term plans. Reduce end-of-life costs. | Trend to fertility <2 + population drain to space | Rejuvenatebio |
| EEHV & cold-resistant elephants | Like wolves in yellowstone & cane toads in Australia | 1400 Gton arctic C (much of it CH4, 25X worse than CO2) | Revive & Restore | |
| Cyanobacteria resistant to all phage via recoding | Too much C or P sequestration | Up to 50 Gton C per yr fixed (global fuel use = 9 Gton/yr) | 64-x | |
| Mirror cyanobacteria | Too much C or P sequestration | Up to 150 Gton C per yr fixed | ||
| Semi-synthetic human brain components in vitro | Similar to AI risks | Lower power, easier BCI (than silicon) | Transparency | TFome |
| Harnessing exceptional cognitive & behavioral alleles | Similar to AI risks | Continuity with current "working" ethics, enhanced diversity | Transparency, Open consent | PGP Memory |
| Reducing diseases via gene drives | Overpopulation; error/terror | Reduce Lyme, Malaria, poverty | Daisy Drives | |
| Genome modification for space travel | Lowered concern for earth problems | Backup earth, diversify cultures | Consortium for Space Genetics | |
| Full recycling habitats for space & earth | Lowered concern for earth problems | No infections, low power, de-risk colonies & test diverse social systems | Consortium for Space Genetics | |
| Reducing psychiatric disorders | Loss of diversity | Reduce major sources of violence, poverty, GCR | Wide discussion/education | |
| Ubitquitous molecular surveillance of synth & natural epidemics | First strike | Reduce major sources of GCR | ONT | |
| De-extinction and/or novel species | Gain &/or loss of diversity | Ecosystem optimization | Large herbivores easily spotted | Revive & Restore |
| "Synthetic-developmental biology" as atomically precise, scalable 3D printing. | Similar to 3D printing guns | Radical cost lowering & democratization of manufacturing. | TFome | |
| Radiation resistance | First strike | Space & nuclear industries | ||
| Genome project write (GPW), resistance to all viruses | Eugenics, first strike, cancer | Better protein, cell, organ manufacturing | Biocontainment | Engineering Biology |
| Universal WGS & matchmaking for severe genetic diseases | Eugenics, privacy, equity | Reduce poverty & health care costs | Education, encryption+blockchain, Low cost | Nebula.org |
| Ubitquitous video surveillance via DNA-tape | Loss of privacy, 1984 | Better deterence & debugging | DNA data |
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