Will.i.am: 'Eventually 3D printing will print people'

Musician calls for 'new morals, new laws and new codes' to augment Moses' 10 commandments: 'He didn't say shit about 3D printing...'

3D-printed organs are a realistic prospect in the next decade, but 3D-printed human beings? Will.i.am claims they will be the next step and thinks that humanity will need new ethical codes to cope with the implications.

"Eventually 3D printing will print people. I'm not saying I agree with it, I'm just saying what's fact based on plausible growth in technology," the musician told Dezeen magazine.

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"In 20 years, you'll be able to print a new kidney. You'll have a machine that prints your genome with proteins that are right for your body. 3D printers will change how we make things, how we fix and heal things. To eat beef and wear leather, you need a lot of land and water for cows. In the next 20 years, we'll be able to print beef and leather instead. Real talk."