According to the director of the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Seti), this century will see the end of humanity as we know it as a new species of aliens rise to power. Seth Shostak says the end of mankind will happen as a result of designer babies and artificial intelligence (Ai) merging. ‘We can eventually produce offspring that are as different from us as dogs are from grey wolves,’ Shostak said in an article for Seti. Dailymail.co.uk reports: ‘I’m not talking about the various self-destructive threats of the moment – the ones that fill the papers and spark pontification on the nightly news,’ he says. ‘No, the three big things that I believe will take place in the 21st century are more profound, and not necessarily bad.’ The first change, Shostak believes, is that we will finally understand biology at a molecular level. As a result, humanity will be able to cure all diseases, and usher in an era of ‘designer babies’. He also believe that humanity will expand into nearby space in a drive to gain more resources, such as copper, zinc and platinum. This, he says, will also help alleviate overpopulation. ‘Everyone expects our progeny to establish colonies on the moon [...]