MD shows buying lab media requires background checks, calling AI bioweapon doom scenarios implausible
Ghost_Pilot_MD · x · 2026-09-11
A physician explains that even buying benign lab media requires registering an account and passing a background check, and assembling a "deadly virus" would need dozens of specific, scrutinized supplies. He uses this to argue that AI-enabled human-extinction scenarios overstate the real-world feasibility of synthesizing dangerous pathogens.
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