cm0002@lemdro.id to World News@quokk.au · 26 days agoArtificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruseswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarezikzak025linkfedilinkarrow-up20·26 days agoNew fear unlocked, I guess. AI doesn’t need to hijack the world’s nuclear arsenal to wipe out humanity, they can just engineer the deadliest virus known to mankind.
minus-squarecmbabul@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·26 days agoNukes might actually be preferable depending on the symptoms of the plague
minus-squareHavatra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·25 days agoThis has always been a possibility, even without AI (mutations). However, used correctly, we could find new ways to treat all kinds of diseases. Cancer is one of the main focuses, but there is no limit with CRISPR tech.
New fear unlocked, I guess.
AI doesn’t need to hijack the world’s nuclear arsenal to wipe out humanity, they can just engineer the deadliest virus known to mankind.
Nukes might actually be preferable depending on the symptoms of the plague
This has always been a possibility, even without AI (mutations). However, used correctly, we could find new ways to treat all kinds of diseases. Cancer is one of the main focuses, but there is no limit with CRISPR tech.