Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

    • Alien Nathan Edward
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      272 years ago

      he’d feed it and a number of other factors into an opaque, completely unaccountable AI that makes rental decisions for him without disclosing the factors that went into the decision and with no appeals process.

      Imagine if housing operated like reddit bans.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        So much of the future just looks like fancy new ways to make machines legitimize and carry out our racism for us.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      More likely is a background/credit check service that runs statistical analysis on genetic factors that correlate with late payments or property damage as part of their renter screening service.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 years ago

        Hold my techbro, this smells like a case of VC funded startup!!

        “It’s not racist bro, it’s just a statistical analysis on genetic factors that correlate with late payments or property damage.
        It’ll be the next big thing, I swear we keep the DNA on our own blockchain, we call it the doublechainix. You get it bro??”

        • @[email protected]
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          32 years ago

          “And we’ll make a sweet app where we can charge people $20 for access to their own data bro!”