"MWP v2" argument makes the case against sharing frontier model weights
Justin_Halford_ · x · 2026-09-10
A widely shared "MWP v2" argument runs: biology can already kill >100M (smallpox); myxoma killed >90% of rabbits, showing biology can do worse; a biotech expert could plausibly match this within 10 years; and sharing future model weights would give everyone an amoral biotech-expert tutor — therefore, let's not. A concise viral formulation of the open-weights vs bio-risk debate.
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