Researchers Debate: Don't Let Theoretical AI Risk Block Life-Saving Work

Stanford researcher Sérgio Rodriques argued that while people debate theoretical AI risks, over 1% of the population dies yearly from disease and aging—so slowing progress or blocking researchers from using frontier models for drug discovery is wrong, reigniting the safety-versus-acceleration debate.

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