@oliviahelens
Biosecurity & Biotechnology @IFP. Formerly: Co-founder @ LincSwitch Tx, Principal @ SALT Fund, Biophysics @Yale, Chairman @SEDSusa, @XPRIZE.
AI
A post argues small teams could develop medicines, materials and energy technologies that now require entire research organizations.
AI
The writer says they agreed biological risk is real, old and tractable, but not mainly an AI-policy problem.
AI
One co-author says they agree biological risks are real and tractable, but not mainly an AI-policy problem.
AI
An essay calls for using AI to detect biological threats and develop countermeasures, arguing that cheaper, more accessible systems make stronger defenses necessary.
AI
A user argues that bioweapons would remain a significant risk even if AI progress stopped, and calls for better preparedness.
AI
The poster says they've trained a frontier large language model and personally designed and synthesized custom viruses in a lab.