Why Scientists Say AI Probably Won't Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-19
Despite alarm from AI CEOs, Stanford/Arc Institute's virus-genome-design work, and Anthropic's report on potential bioweapon-related Claude misuse, many scientists rank AI bioweapon risk low. Researcher David Bellamy argues AI is not a fundamentally new threat: the dual-use dilemma long predates LLMs, and the internet and translation tools already lowered barriers to biological information.
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