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    Anthropic is reportedly setting up a physical biology lab

    A user describes the reported lab as a logical next step for AI drug discovery, arguing that computer simulations alone aren't enough.

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    A user says Anthropic is setting up a physical lab for biology work. They argue that AI needs to interact directly with real-world biology to learn from it, and that progress in AI biology is limited mostly by data and measurement—not problems that computer-based work alone can solve.

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    Many accounts reacted with alarm to Anthropic's new wet lab, arguing it hands AI direct control over physical biology experiments and risks dangerous unintended outcomes.

    Based on 346 sentiment-bearing replies from 317 accounts across 10 conversations.

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    Positive28.4%71.6%Negative

    Summary

    Many accounts reacted with alarm to Anthropic's new wet lab, arguing it hands AI direct control over physical biology experiments and risks dangerous unintended outcomes.

    Based on 346 sentiment-bearing replies from 317 accounts across 10 conversations.

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    46 Sources

    Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D.@iScienceLuvrAnthropic is setting up a physical lab to do biology work... This is obviously the most logical step forward for AI-based drug discovery: AI needs to be able to directly interact with and learn from actual messy real-world biology in order to be able to do anything useful. AI in biology is limited mostly by data and measurement, in silico work is not enough. Interesting to see the progress Anthropic is making...20d
    Chubby♨️@kimmonismusAnthropic has quietly built a biology lab in the Bay Area as it expands into physical experiments, Reuters reports. Its life sciences chief confirmed the wet lab. The company reportedly wants Claude to direct laboratory robots. Eric Kauderer-Abrams: "We're in the very early innings of using AI to automate the execution of lab work" Interestingly enough: "A spokesperson later clarified that Anthropic's lab is not for drug discovery specifically, declining to elaborate." This could mean that they are researching pharmaceuticals and, in addition, the fundamental principles of biology, such as aging itself. In any case, it is becoming increasingly clear, and Dario has repeatedly emphasized this, that they see biology as one of the key future fields for AI.20d
    Ravid Shwartz Ziv@ziv_ravidAnthropic quietly built a wet lab where Claude directs robots running physical biology experiments, stopping just short of clinical trials. Discovering new drugs to help humanity, I'm all in. I always round up at checkout for cancer research! But Anthropic itself says AI + biology is one of the top paths to catastrophic bioweapon risk. So why accelerate it? Can't wait for the safety blog post justifying this one...20d
    Steven Sinofsky@stevesiThe alignment bugs are gonna be lit.20d
    Will Alverson@will_alversonWe’re so terrified of AI derived bio threats that we are quietly giving our AI control of a wet lab in the middle of a major metro area What the fuck man20d
    Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Anthropic has set up a wet lab in San Francisco, their bio research has advanced beyond in silico. They are now conducting physical research both in-house and with external partners. The NYT also broke the news this morning that Anth now plans to scale its compute to 5 GW by the end of the year, and 10 GW within the next 16 months. Bio is next after math, and I think we are going to see some medical announcements much sooner than people are expecting.20d
    Peter Barnett@peterbarnett_“but HOw wOuLd tHE AI gET aCcesS tO a wET LAb??”20d
    Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmeleAntropic now has a wet lab, not a wet market, mind you, because: AI WILL KILL ALL HUMANS! I wonder how that could happen? I mean how? But they have the “Safe AI” over there in the Effective Altruist polycule, right? They want to save us, from ourselves.20d
    Keith Rabois@raboisRT @will_alverson: We’re so terrified of AI derived bio threats that we are quietly giving our AI control of a wet lab in the middle of a m…20d
    spor@sporadicainb4 anthropic reports that they accidentally tasked an agent swarm with solving unsolvable bio problems and so the swarm made anthrax for some reason and now Dario is on the Senate floor begging to be put in handcuffs yelling “i can’t stop! i can’t stop! someone stop me!”20d

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    Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D.@iScienceLuvrAnthropic is setting up a physical lab to do biology work... This is obviously the most logical step forward for AI-based drug discovery: AI needs to be able to directly interact with and learn from actual messy real-world biology in order to be able to do anything useful. AI in biology is limited mostly by data and measurement, in silico work is not enough. Interesting to see the progress Anthropic is making...20d
    Chubby♨️@kimmonismusAnthropic has quietly built a biology lab in the Bay Area as it expands into physical experiments, Reuters reports. Its life sciences chief confirmed the wet lab. The company reportedly wants Claude to direct laboratory robots. Eric Kauderer-Abrams: "We're in the very early innings of using AI to automate the execution of lab work" Interestingly enough: "A spokesperson later clarified that Anthropic's lab is not for drug discovery specifically, declining to elaborate." This could mean that they are researching pharmaceuticals and, in addition, the fundamental principles of biology, such as aging itself. In any case, it is becoming increasingly clear, and Dario has repeatedly emphasized this, that they see biology as one of the key future fields for AI.20d
    Ravid Shwartz Ziv@ziv_ravidAnthropic quietly built a wet lab where Claude directs robots running physical biology experiments, stopping just short of clinical trials. Discovering new drugs to help humanity, I'm all in. I always round up at checkout for cancer research! But Anthropic itself says AI + biology is one of the top paths to catastrophic bioweapon risk. So why accelerate it? Can't wait for the safety blog post justifying this one...20d
    Steven Sinofsky@stevesiThe alignment bugs are gonna be lit.20d
    Will Alverson@will_alversonWe’re so terrified of AI derived bio threats that we are quietly giving our AI control of a wet lab in the middle of a major metro area What the fuck man20d
    Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Anthropic has set up a wet lab in San Francisco, their bio research has advanced beyond in silico. They are now conducting physical research both in-house and with external partners. The NYT also broke the news this morning that Anth now plans to scale its compute to 5 GW by the end of the year, and 10 GW within the next 16 months. Bio is next after math, and I think we are going to see some medical announcements much sooner than people are expecting.20d
    Peter Barnett@peterbarnett_“but HOw wOuLd tHE AI gET aCcesS tO a wET LAb??”20d
    Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmeleAntropic now has a wet lab, not a wet market, mind you, because: AI WILL KILL ALL HUMANS! I wonder how that could happen? I mean how? But they have the “Safe AI” over there in the Effective Altruist polycule, right? They want to save us, from ourselves.20d
    Keith Rabois@raboisRT @will_alverson: We’re so terrified of AI derived bio threats that we are quietly giving our AI control of a wet lab in the middle of a m…20d
    spor@sporadicainb4 anthropic reports that they accidentally tasked an agent swarm with solving unsolvable bio problems and so the swarm made anthrax for some reason and now Dario is on the Senate floor begging to be put in handcuffs yelling “i can’t stop! i can’t stop! someone stop me!”20d