davidmanheim: prosaic biorisks justify billions in biodefense, but won't stop ASI
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-15
Replying to ramez, davidmanheim concedes that 'prosaic' biorisks and AI×bio risks more than justify spending billions on biodefense — but argues this doesn't address ASI. His core claim: don't plan to outsmart something 100x smarter and 100x faster by being clever. He doubles down on defending the Rationalist community's tradition of saying what you actually think rather than what sells well.
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