HIV engineering veteran debunks AI-virus doomsday: AI favors defense over offense
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-09-15
A scientist with two decades of HIV engineering experience in high-security biohazard labs pushes back on 'AI will engineer a killer virus in a garage' fears, noting engineered HIV already helps cancer patients. David Patterson adds: if AI can design a harmful virus it can better design protections, with more labs willing to help — AI is asymmetric in favor of defense unless AI companies block its use.
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