AI researcher Toby Walsh pushes back on "AI-generated virus kills all" doom scenario
TobyWalsh · x · 2026-09-16
AI researcher Toby Walsh responded to @rgloveroz, who challenged his stance of avoiding exaggeration of AI perils by citing how myxomatosis failed to wipe out all rabbits in Australia. Walsh countered by pointing to people working in biomedical fields, arguing that killing everyone with an AI-generated virus is "a very tall ask." The debate highlights how to calibrate AI risk discussion between alarmism and complacency.
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