Posted By: goatcheezMushrooms on Mars

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9546225/Scientists-claim-evidence-FUNGI-Red-Planet.html

https://www.cnet.com/news/the-fungus-on-mars-and-the-man-who-thinks-he-found-life-on-other-planets/

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Brain eater
https://futurism.com/neoscope/brain-fungus-outbreak-spreads

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/scientists-evolve-fungus-battle-deadly-honey-bee-parasite

It's noteworthy that our understanding of genetics is still rudimentary enough that we have to let Nature redesign the genome via selective breeding.

That what comes after us will treat us with the same respect as we treat our genetic pool of pain in slaughterhouses, wars, slave-markets. Why would an AI not torture murder and extinguish in the most effective way if it could? Because we are such a nice exemplification of biological life?

https://newatlas.com/science/genetically-engineered-plants-red-roots-fungi/

Strathclyde exploring fungi to prevent landslips.

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/strathclyde-exploring-fungi-to-prevent-landslips/

https://www.dailygrail.com/2014/07/magic-mushrooms-were-the-inspiration-for-frank-herberts-science-fiction-epic-dune/

Posted By: aber0derThat what comes after us will treat us with the same respect as we treat our genetic pool of pain in slaughterhouses, wars, slave-markets. Why would an AI not torture murder and extinguish in the most effective way if it could? Because we are such a nice exemplification of biological life?

I don't know. Do we treat apes with more respect than apes treat monkeys? Or that monkeys treat rodents? Is there progression that the best of us would approve of? Would an improvement on humans consider the whole notion of respect to be crucial, or just silly?