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Isn't the point here the potential risk? By definition, nobody can point to a textbook instantiation of the risk because it hasn't happened yet, and the questio
by EForEndeavour 3y ago
Isn't the point here the potential risk? By definition, nobody can point to a textbook instantiation of the risk because it hasn't happened yet, and the question is whether and when it might in the future.
It strikes me as similar logic to "you're saying I might get injured if I use this chainsaw without protective equipment? Well, show me the injury then!"
- echelon 3y agoOutside of very specific workplace safety regulations, nobody is trying to regulate chainsaws. Speaking of potentials, there's also a potential risk of outer space alien invasion, too. Yet our preparation here is appropriately scaled proportional to the risk. Where is someone going to get a BSL4 lab with the necessary inputs to follow through with these wacky James Bond plots? Maybe raise the alarm when splicing viral genes becomes a regular household occurrence. (And you don't even need to invoke the specter of LLMs for this scenario.)