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The speaker considers it a genuine concern that AI access could give people virology expertise and potentially help them make bioweapons.
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“I think there are real worries and concerns there,”
“like with, you know, everybody having a virology expert in their pocket potentially being able to make bioweapons.”Play from 1:39:46Report a misattribution
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