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Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological threat creation (openai.com)
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OpenAI blog post: https://openai.com/research/building-an-early-warning-system-for-llm-aided-biological-threat-creation

Orange discuss: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39207291

I don't have any particular section to call out. May post thoughts ~~tomorrow~~ today it's after midnight oh gosh, but wanted to post since I knew ya'll'd be interested in this.

Terrorists could use autocorrect according to OpenAI! Discuss!

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[-] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago

terrorists have and can used bio weapons to terrifying effect

Can you please tell me when and where? The Japanese subway gassing comes to mind. Anthrax envelopes in 2001. Any others since then?

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago

there were really only three. one is 2001 anthrax that you mention; other is salmonella spread by cultists in literally 1984; and another would be 1989 medfly infestation. everything else is, relatively speaking, non-incident

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Here's an overview. Not the highest casualty count but certainly not ineffective.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8818129/

[-] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 3 points 10 months ago

Thank you.

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