Prioritize stopping ASI before fixing biosecurity, argues davidmanheim
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-15
Continuing the debate with scifitessa and ramez, davidmanheim argues biosecurity deserves funding but ASI risk comes first: if a misaligned-ASI train is coming, you pull humanity — with its broken leg of poor biosecurity — off the track (stop building ASI) before putting on the splint (pandemic mitigation).
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