AI will democratize bioweapon competence, warn biosecurity expert urging far-UV and PPE stockpiles
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-10-06
Responding to scientists who call civilization-threatening bioweapons a fantasy, Kesvelt argues vaccines would be ineffective against competently designed pandemic weapons, and that future AI will democratize such competence. He asks colleagues not to casually assert no biological threat could end civilization, citing the Fermi–Rabi exchange about a 10% chain-reaction risk, and proposes concrete defenses: stockpiling pandemic-proof PPE, installing germicidal far-UV and glycol misters in public spaces.
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