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The tools that make biology powerful for medicine are the same tools that make it dangerous, so the benefits and the misuse risk cannot be separated.

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  1. Jacob Trefethen Some models could be used both for good and ill, yes. Diffusion models in particular could be used by bad actors to hallucinate toxins or other harmful proteins. blog.jacobtrefethen.com

    Head of global health R&D at Open Philanthropy

    Their wordsSome models could be used both for good and ill, yes. Diffusion models in particular could be used by bad actors to hallucinate toxins or other harmful proteins.

    Where this was said

    ↗AI could help lead to an Alzheimer's cureblog.jacobtrefethen.com

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  2. Kevin Esvelt Our experiment demonstrates that the immense potential benefits of biotechnology are profoundly vulnerable to misuse. media.mit.edu

    Evolutionary and ecological engineer

    Their wordsOur experiment demonstrates that the immense potential benefits of biotechnology are profoundly vulnerable to misuse.

    Where this was said

    ↗It shouldn't be easy to buy synthetic DNA fragments to recreate the 1918 flu virusmedia.mit.edu

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