Stanford genomics researcher: nearer AI biosecurity risk lies in supply chains, not AI biodesign
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-15
Genomics researcher Anshul Kundaje argued that weak physical and software guardrails around the supply chain are a more proximal risk than AI-based biodesign or automated experiments, and strengthening them is a net positive regardless. Context from the thread: others questioned whether AI meaningfully accelerates dangerous biology — reading text is different from interactively troubleshooting experiments, and much of that information has been Googleable for 15 years, so it's not the rate-limiting step.
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