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Same AI That Builds Drugs Can Build Bioweapons

The same AI capabilities that discovered a beneficial broad-spectrum antibiotic could be used by malicious actors to design dangerous viruses, potentially even engineered to harm a particular race or sex, and we currently have no way of discussing or governing this dual-use risk.

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Speaker

Eric Schmidt

Evidence Quote

they might be clever enough to be able to hurt a particular race or a particular sex or something like that, uh, which would be totally evil... We don't have a way of discussing that today.

Source

280 - The Future Of Artificial IntelligenceMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:50:21 AM

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