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Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months 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.

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    • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Hahaha shit.

    /ImInDangerMeme

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    [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Not the computer kind... Super cool... This is such great news.

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    • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That sounds like a wonderful plan, and a thing that the people who own the world and control everything would never use as a way to wipe out dissent and the poors once they manage to automate all out jobs and need a way to stop us complaining about lack of money and food.

    I trust them completely with this along with the similar research into both horrific new viruses to wipe out humanity and cures for themselves for said viruses that they can already by from human researchers because of all of their money and control over all of the everythings.

    Hooray for progress!

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    • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Thank go.... The PC! Just what we all need. Hopefully it's painless viruses mostly.

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    [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Cure Fucking Cancer Or shut the fuck up about AI

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    [–] 6 points 3 months ago (21 children)

    The 100 millions $ question : But whyyyyy ?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (13 children)

    They're phages, they being designed to infect bacteria. They tested them on e.coli. Hopefully could be used on antibiotic resistant bacteria. It's in the linked article.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    You think they're only doing this and not working on a new way to design super viruses to eradicate their enemies? Are you aware of all the terrible shit American three letter agencies have been doing behind the scenes for the last century?

    Fucking give me a break.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

    The United States of America is the only country that is wrong for breakthroughs in scientific research?

    That reeks of chauvinism.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    which country used nuclear technology to create weapons of mass destruction ?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago*

    The United States, Russia (and before in Soviet Union), China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan and North Korea.

    I'm assuming you meant actually used them or the first to develop them and yes USA is the only one that did that and it is fucked up that they did that you won't see me disagreeing with you there.

    My point still stands

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Who the fuck said that, the voices in your head?

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago* (7 children)

    So you are saying it is a good thing when another country makes breakthroughs in scientific research?

    That comment you copy pasted in the thread a couple of times doesn't seem to hold the same sentiment.

    Or, are you saying its only bad when USA does it? If so, that's Chauvinism. Did you know that's a bannable offense on Lemmy.ml?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Is it chauvinism to judge a country on its long history of bio and chemical terrorism/warfare rather than taking them at their word that they're not going to do it this time?

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Its Chauvinism to imply that only the USA uses scientific breakthroughs for some evil agenda (in this case, saying that they are going to use this to "make viruses to destroy their enemies").

    If I had said that about China, that would also be Chauvinist.

    Would it not?

    Scientific breakthroughs in research and development help all of humanity.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    If I had said that about China, that would also be Chauvinist.

    Would it not?

    But these aren't equivalent due to the vastly different histories of the 2 countries. Taking history into account isn't chauvinism. Is it not perfectly reasonable to be suspicious of the country that pardoned Unit731 and then used their knowledge to terrorise Vietnam and Korea with chemical and biological weapons (many that have lasting effects to this date), that employed biological terrorism on its own minority populations such as through the Tuskegee syphilis study or operation big buzz?

    Not trusting a serial killer with a loaded shotgun isn't chauvinism, it's common sense.

    Edit: Just to add that if America did not have the history it does it would be chauvinism however it does and as such it is only reasonable to be sceptical.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    So how about Russia? Who is also making advancements in AI.

    They have a very long history of chemical weapons use and have even recently increased funding for their chemical weapon program. And have even been accused by the OPCW (which China is a member of) by using chemical weapons right now, in Ukraine.

    Would it still not be chauvinist to imply that they are going to use all those scientific advances being made to "eradicate their enemies" even despite this long history of using chemical weapons?

    Or is this distinction only made for the USA?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    For the sake of your hypothetical if we say this article was instead about modern Russia leveraging ai for chemical research that had a clear through line to weaponization, I would call anyone who thought they weren't exploring those avenues incredibly naive.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I'm saying that America absolutely cannot be trusted with any of their scientific breakthroughs, because inevitably they will be used to extract more wealth from the working class, or for their bloodthirsty military industrial complex. And because of the nature of their three letter agencies, they'll do it in secret, and then half a century later, admit it was true and that they're weally sowwy.

    If you think this will be used only for the good of humanity, you're either very gullible or just a young person.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Are you asking why fascists are doing fascist things?

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    It's fascist to try and find phages that destroy deadly bacteria that kills people? (Like the article you shared says)

    Huh. TIL.

    Not reading the article you shared is wild.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    You think they're only doing this and not working on a new way to design super viruses to eradicate their enemies? Are you aware of all the terrible shit American three letter agencies have been doing behind the scenes for the last century?

    Fucking give me a break.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This is like saying that its bad that China is making breakthroughs in fusion energy because they are going to use it to make thermonuclear weapons or whatever.

    It is 100% going off of vibes and feelings and not off of evidence.

    Or are you one of the people who thinks covid was lab made or some other crap?

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    • [+] -20 points 3 months ago (6 children)
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