Senior Program Associate, Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness @ Open Philanthropy
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Strong +1 to this
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Just want to preemptively flag that in the EA biosecurity community we follow a general norm against brainstorming novel ways to cause harm with biology. Basic reasoning is that succeeding in this task ≈ generating info hazards.
Abstractly postulating a hypothetical virus with high virulence + transmissibility and a long latent period can be useful for facilitating thinking, but brainstorming the specifics of how to actually accomplish this -- as some folks in these and some nearby comments are trending in the direction of starting to do -- poses risks that exceed the likely benefits.
Happy to discuss further if interested, feel free to DM me.
Yep, that's right -- thanks for clarifying!