Researcher who trained frontier LLMs and synthesized viruses calls AI bioweapon fears 'bogus'
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-15
David R. Bellamy claims to be among a tiny group with both frontier LLM training experience and hands-on design/synthesis of custom viruses, and argues the "AI will kill us all with engineered viruses" narrative is bogus. Scott Alexander amplified it, tying it to his view that progress comes from iteration bottlenecked by physical reality rather than one-shot genius.
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