Manheim: AI-Designed Superviruses Aren't Realistic Before Misaligned ASI
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-10
AI safety researcher David Manheim clarifies his stance in the bio-risk debate: he is not claiming AI-biorisk is low, but that an AI designing a novel supervirus unrelated to current viruses isn't realistic before misaligned ASI — at which point biorisk isn't the problem anyway. He agrees misaligned ASI is an existential risk but argues the mechanism (bioweapons or otherwise) is mostly irrelevant; AIxBio discussions are often confused.
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