Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses (www.bbc.com)

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[-] zikzak025@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

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.

[-] Havatra@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

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.

[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 hours ago

Nukes might actually be preferable depending on the symptoms of the plague

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Hahaha shit.

/ImInDangerMeme

this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026

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