GenePoolz 3 will allow easy
viewing of pets’ ENTIRE genomes — this includes their looks, personality traits, and preferences.
What should users be allowed to edit?
Some considerations:
- There is not, and never will be, a surefire way to distinguish modified from unmodified genes.
- GenePoolz 3 will potentially make that power accessible to absolutely anyone with even a shred of motivation.
- As with anything in life, there will be genuine use cases (such as eliminating that random orange eyelid mutation from an otherwise perfect line) as well as dishonesty. Then again, I recently discovered some pets I’d bought on PUGS had been painted to match prettier, recessive color combinations, so…
