Is AI's bio risk really asymmetric? Countering the pathogen-risk argument
meach_01 · x · 2026-10-26
meach01 pushes back on claims that AI makes creating viral pathogens trivial: is it really the case that a model tells someone how to make a pathogen, then the human just obtains materials?
He partially disagrees with the attacker-advantage thesis — if AI makes creating pathogens trivial, it also makes creating antibodies or antidotes trivial. Intelligence doesn't only benefit black hats, so the asymmetry may not be as strongly favoring attackers as implied. His interlocutor counters that biology is badly broken and lacks software's fast-patch defender advantage.
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