Noah Smith: AI cyber defense will win, but AI bioterror math is reversed
ethanniser · x · 2026-11-02
Quoting Noah Smith (Noahpinion): in cybersecurity, AI defense will probably ultimately beat AI hacking, since software can be patched and hardened continuously.
But for AI-enabled bioterror the calculus reverses—human bodies can't be patched like code, and even a short period of catastrophic chaos in bio could mean everyone dies. The poster is separately asking how to get such rich link previews for Substack links.
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