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← It is foolish to confidently proclaim that AI will not be able to make bioweapons.

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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under reinforcement learning reinforcement learning Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is foolish to confidently proclaim that AI will not be able to make bioweapons. It is foolish to confidently proclaim thatAI will not be able to make bioweapons. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current situation regarding bioweapons is very bad. — tap to centre the map on it The current situation regardingbioweapons is very bad. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The belief that this technology will produce bioweapons and kill everyone rests on childish logical fallacies. — tap to centre the map on it The belief that this technology willproduce bioweapons and kill everyonerests on childish logical fallacies. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: People should be more worried about AI bioweapons than they currently are. — tap to centre the map on it People should be more worried aboutAI bioweapons than they currentlyare. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so. — tap to centre the map on it Even when AI is capable ofperforming a job, it may not bepermitted to do so. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 NM Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody knows how to build superintelligent AI or whether it is possible, and if it is, it is many key technical innovations away. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody knows how to buildsuperintelligent AI or whether it ispossible, and if it is, it is manykey technical innovations away. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 CN Cal Newport — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. — tap to centre the map on it The current capabilities of existingAI models are barely being used andare often not even well understood. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can yet know whether thecurrent enthusiasm for AI isexcessive, so anyone claimingconviction about how it resolves isoverreaching. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are HM Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI agent's confidence that something will work is not evidence that it actually will. — tap to centre the map on it An AI agent's confidence thatsomething will work is not evidencethat it actually will. Last stated 8 months ago 11 Mar 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality — tap to centre the map on it A model that could learn effectivelyfrom raw bitstrings or bytestringswould be extremely powerful, able tolearn from any data modality Last stated 3 years ago 10 Oct 2023 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2023-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI company needs threeAIs, not one — the agent, thesimulator and the critic — turningdeployment into a flywheel. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it A verifiable task can be optimisedby reinforcement learning until aneural network performs it extremelywell. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anything precise enough to benchmark is also precise enough to optimize for, and modern RL training increasingly resembles the shape of the benchmarks themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Anything precise enough to benchmarkis also precise enough to optimizefor, and modern RL trainingincreasingly resembles the shape ofthe benchmarks themselves. Last stated 7 months ago 16 Apr 2026 SK Sayash Kapoor — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 5 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is foolish to confidently proclaim that AI will not be able to make bioweapons. Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Noah Smith Read this korrent →