Why “bioweapons” is being discussed
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> Open-weight means no guardrails. We're going to live in that world forever now, capable adversarial models have already been trained and will be used in a large conflict. The…
by bigyabai · Sep 14, 2026
"Chilling" warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts
by sbulaev · Sep 14, 2026 · 19 points
Yeah, AI may suck - time will tell. But focusing on bioweapons and mass destruction, on the grief other people ( ‘jailed minorities’ ) cause, disregards the progress we have mad…
by catoc · Sep 13, 2026
This depends on a lot of things: how many committed omnicidalists there are; how much financial resources they have (untraceable crypto doesn't help you if you're working a dead…
by skissane · Sep 13, 2026
Problem with p doom is I have no way to seriously evaluate anyone's percentage. The best I can do is rely on experts in a given field, like the recent virologist making a convin…
by goatlover · Sep 13, 2026
While it's an extremely hard problem, it's not completely unsolvable because there are a finite number of GPUs on the planet capable of doing frontier model development, and the…
by bpodgursky · Sep 13, 2026
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Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "bioweapons" over time.
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "bioweapons" over time.
Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons are living organisms or replicating entities. Entomological (insect) warfare is a subtype of biological warfare. Read more on Wikipedia