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Comment by csomar

6 hours ago

> there is evidence bioengineering is already happening

Mind sharing this evidence with us?

Does https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30698803 count?

  • No, it's not. And it's the kind of evidence that doesn't help and rather confuse. It's not even clear from the article whether an LLM or a dedicated model were used for this purpose.

    Also

    > That is, I'm not sure that anyone needs to deploy a new compound in order to wreak havoc - they can save themselves a lot of trouble by just making Sarin or VX, God help us.

    We already have toxic nerve agents that are largely available for state actors and possibly available for individuals. If you have decided, as a human, to make great harm, you can already do that.