AI extinction risk sparks bioweapons alarm
ai tools can aid bioweapons design, posing catastrophic harm risk. scientists disagree on risk severity.
in 2022, researchers discovered an ai 'molecule generator' could design potential bioweapons. the model created 40,000 molecules that could serve as chemical warfare agents in under six hours. today, ai tools can answer questions on almost every area of science. advances in gene editing and synthetic biology have made biotech tools more accessible. however, scientists disagree on the severity of the risk.