Palmer Luckey of Anduril is teaming with Ben Lamm of Colossal Biosciences to launch Warhound, a startup dedicated to genetically engineering and cloning dogs for service in war, police work and first responder work.
Speaking to Wired, Lamm explained that the project was twofold. One part of the project would oversee the genetic engineering and cloning of the ideal dogs for war, and the other would develop tech for them to use on battlefields.
They’re not looking to make a better dog, they’re looking to make a patentable dog.
In addition, in the eyes of the law these patented dogs will be legal objects that the company owns, not living beings.
I know the law already lets you do crazy evil shit to the animals you own, especially if you are a corp with money. This will be worse. This will make a factory farm look like a children’s story.
This will be something out of H.R. Giger’s nightmares after Phillip K. Dick spends a week telling him bedtime stories and soothing him in his dreams with Hannibal-Lecter-whispers.
Shit the Capitol from Panem dreams up.
And the precedent’s already set by big ag companies patenting genetically modified crops.