AI risk debates miss the point: skeptics underestimate wet-lab automation
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-18
Responding to mockery about "how would AI even get access to a wet lab," the author argues that many AI-risk skeptics simply fail to play out the future reasonably. They assume humans will still do most lab work and lean on arguments like "current wet labs have very little automation," ignoring that lab automation is advancing and AI capabilities will compound on existing infrastructure.
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