AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just came across this and honestly this is pretty wild.</p> <p>Researchers used AI to design completely new viruses that don't exist in nature.

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In recent weeks, leaders of some of the biggest AI companies have warned that the very tech they are developing is dangerous. Last weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>WE SHOULD BE WORRIED HE CALLED COVID A HOAX TOO</p> <p>Just the fact that he is so confident that there’s no problem makes my anxiety spike.</p>

One of the ways AI experts fear AI might end us all is by somehow aiding the design, creation, and release of some kind of bioweapon. Let’s take a closer look at why.