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Maybe, but AI will enable actions that were never before possible and that are an existential threat. Consider microbiology: automated viral/bacterial research.
by krunck 17d ago
Maybe, but AI will enable actions that were never before possible and that are an existential threat. Consider microbiology: automated viral/bacterial research. microbes could be created before humans have a chance to even consider the potential harm. Pandemics, food chain collapse, ecosystem collapse are all possible.
- rkuodys 17d agoIsn't nature doing exactly that every single day?
- mrbungie 17d agoYou are not seriously suggesting that nature and AI-accelerated gain-of-function research are similar in regards to risks, are you?
- krunck 17d agoThis isn't nature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628290
- Cpoll 17d agoNature's "made" natural nuclear reactors (Oklo), but we had to make the hydrogen bomb ourselves.
- jryb 16d agohttps://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-goi...
- krunck 16d agohttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2026/09/ai-powered-biowarfare-looms-army-lays-plans-fight-through-it/415886/?oref=d1-featured-river-top https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2026/09/ai-powered-bio...