There is no time for us to follow Darwinian evolution and become smarter and stronger. The late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking predicted that gene-editing techniques used by wealthy families to improve the DNA of their offspring could lead to a new breed of super-humans who could rapidly renew and evolve themselves from pure humans to genetically modified ones.

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After all, if a planet is safe and sound, who would want to go out into outer space? Isn’t the human race busy colonizing other planets out of ambition, or the fear that earth is about to become uninhabitable, and so must colonize other planets?

And as civilization advances, Hawking has repeatedly warned that AI robots could end human civilization. In addition to Hawking, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also said that AI is the biggest threat to human civilization, and that these “artificial people” will continue to redesign themselves at a rapid rate. If left unchecked, these robots, which are only in the hands of a few organizations and people with money and power, will one day go completely out of control.

Now another fact that worried Hawking has come to the fore: the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology. According to the Sunday Times, Hawking is convinced that by the end of the century, we will see genetic engineering break through to create a race of superhumans, and that laws will try to prevent that, But the greedy, rich and powerful cannot resist the temptation — when they discover that memory, resistance and longevity can be surpassed by gene editing, selling their souls is a matter of seconds.

The rise of a modified race, smarter and more powerful than humans, would leave humans unable to compete with them, with one of two outcomes: extinction, or becoming insignificant as ants.

There are pros and cons to CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, or rather, there is no good or bad technology. It is the human heart that determines the use of technology, and there are both bright and dark people in the human heart. There will always be those who cannot overcome the dark side, and there will always be those who cannot overcome the dark side.