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AI Extinction Risk and Bioweapons Threat: MIT Tech Review Q&A
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MIT 科技评论办了一场圆桌，主题是“AI 真能杀死所有人吗？”。编辑们回应了公众的担忧：这到底是真危险，还是科技公司的公关炒作？另一篇文章警告，AI 让生物武器更容易造出来——2022 年，一个分子生成器在不到 6 小时内设计了 4 万种潜在化学战剂。基因编辑和合成生物学的进步让防护更难，但科学家对威胁的严重程度仍有分歧。
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Sep 18
- MIT Technology Review · AIAI Extinction Risk and Bioweapons Threat: MIT Tech Review Q&A
MIT Technology Review hosted a roundtable asking 'Could AI really kill us all?' Editors answered public concerns about extinction risk, whether it's just PR hype, and how to regulate AI. A separate piece warns that AI-enabled bioweapons are easier to create: in 2022, a molecule generator designed 40,000 potential chemical warfare agents in under six hours. Advances in gene editing and synthetic biology make safeguards harder, though scientists disagree on how serious the threat is.