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Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
(www.bbc.com)
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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.
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.
Nukes might actually be preferable depending on the symptoms of the plague