Someone who trained frontier LLMs and engineered viruses calls AI-supervirus doom bogus
141_1337 · reddit · 2026-09-15
A Reddit thread highlights an unusual voice: someone who has both trained a frontier LLM and worked hands-on in virus engineering argues that the "AI-enabled supervirus" doomer scenario is overblown. The post includes a screenshot of the remark, and comments debate how much weight such cross-domain expert judgment deserves.
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