CSET’s Steph Batalis shared her expert insight in an article published by The Washington Post. The article examines how AI-generated viruses could support new approaches to vaccine development and treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, while raising concerns about the potential misuse of AI to design dangerous human pathogens.
The paper doesn’t demonstrate that AI can readily design a dangerous human virus, and it’s not evidence that AI can simply be asked to make any arbitrary virus.CSET Research Fellow, Steph Batalis
On the implications of the research, Batalis said, “The paper doesn’t demonstrate that AI can readily design a dangerous human virus, and it’s not evidence that AI can simply be asked to make any arbitrary virus.”
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