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They can already do that with some simple googling.
by realPtolemy 3y ago
They can already do that with some simple googling.
- borissk 3y agoNo, they can't - they would have done it if they could. Producing a practical chemical weapon is a complicated task, with many steps that are not documented in publicly available sources.
- acdha 3y agoThat’s somewhat true – it’s not easy but not hard enough, as we saw with the Aum Shinrikyo attacks – but an LLM won’t magically have access to non-public instructions and, not having an understanding of the underlying principles, won’t be able to synthesize a safe process from public information.
- pixl97 3y agoEh that is up for debate. If I dump a library of chemistry books and industry books on chemistry and volatile chemicals its distinctly possible the model could generate this data.
- acdha 3y agoNot without some kind of understanding of the underlying principles. If you were testing something verifiable in code you might be able to test candidates at scale, but this involves a number of real-world processes which would be hard to tackle that way.
- sgift 3y agoControl of materials is a far bigger hurdle. If you try to procure materials which can be used for bombs/chemical weapons/.. in significant quantities you will get noticed pretty fast.