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AI bioweapons biosecurity warning essay

Newly created viruses are a warning. We still have a window to stop AI-enabled bioweapons

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · RAND Corporation
“"Nature is the world's worst bioterrorist." This saying in the field of biosecurity conveys the idea that naturally emerging pathogens cause more deaths than any biological attack. But that trope may soon be outdated, says RAND's Steph Guerra. https://t.co/…” evidence ↗
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“"Nature is the world's worst bioterrorist." This saying in the field of biosecurity conveys the idea that naturally emerging pathogens cause more deaths than any biological attack. But that trope may soon be outdated, says RAND's Steph Guerra. https://t.co/…”

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8 experts · 32 posts · 1d ago
Mark Riedl Jeffrey P. Bigham Tim Kellogg Michael Ekstrand David Picard Lionel Jonathan Stray Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“Harnesses are lightweight. But the harness needs to call back to its model. It hasn’t really escaped then. One knows exactly where the model is and shut it down the harness or the model or block th…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Mark Riedl: Do openAI and Anthropic employees not understand how computers work.
Mark Riedl: Any competent IT professional: Hey boss, what is this 8TB file doing on our server, and why is it executing continuously on 3TB of VRAM? Any competent IT manager: what ever it is, shut it down.
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6 experts · 36 posts · 22h ago
Anthony Moser Amanda Tepski Jess Miers 🦝🦞 Jed Brown Amy Hoy Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“Definitely. I warn my students about this too. I don't worry about the C- lawsuit who barely survived law school using AI. I'm worried about the gunners who know both the law and how to weaponize t…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Policy & governance · 4 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Amanda Tepski: In rebuttal to “legal? ai is getting there” I offer www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Jed Brown: And beyond law, is a 67% error rate good for medicine? Is it normal medical practice to suppress data misconduct and 10 independent whistleblowers? It's only "getting there" when conditions to bypa…
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3 experts · 16 posts · 2d ago
VE, cybersocial occult investigator austin jeremymorrell.dev
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“And if you set aside the market maximalism (and the other broad array of social and political harms), that should be a fine thing. It's not compatible with the way this is being sold as "the do eve…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Building & implementation · 2 Questions & unknowns · 1
austin: some thoughts - there’s a fucking cambrian explosion of software but it’s invisible because it’s personal. github isn’t getting hugged every other week for nothin’
austin: - the software you see on your phone and in the world is the product of organizations, and organizations move s l o w l y. developers are significantly more productive but it doesn’t matter if that…
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2 experts · 6 posts · 1d ago
Ryan Moulton Phillip Carter
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“Please be a better critic. What's more likely? A magic chain of events over years results in a slop artist who doesn't do anything controlling the world's most powerful company and doing nothing, p…” evidence ↗
Phillip Carter: I mean, that's how almost everyone gets powerful or even mildly successful. The reality is that he _cofounded_ openai, and while not a researcher I think it's beyond silly to believe he doesn't do …
Phillip Carter: Mmmm, yes, a CEO who does nothing, with outside money that (magically) makes things that do nothing that nobody wants and yet it's arguably _the_ prevailing thing in our society right now? My broth…
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