Physician asks: will AI engineer a lethal, transmissible virus before it cures cancer?
VPrasadMDMPH · x · 2026-09-12
Physician VPrasadMDMPH released a discussion video on AI's dual-use biosecurity risks: whether AI could be used to design a virus that is both highly lethal and highly transmissible, whether that could wipe out humanity, and — at the very least — whether it will cure all cancers first. Details are in the video; the post itself is a teaser.
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