BILL GATES WARNS OF AI BIOTERRORISM JUST WEEKS AFTER HE FUNDED THE FIRST-EVER CREATION OF 16 SYNTHETIC VIRUSES USING AI

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byNicolas Hulscher, MPHBill Gates is now publicly warning that artificial intelligence has become powerful enough to create dangerous viruses and enable bioterrorism.“AIs are now capable of causing bioterrorism risk,” Gates said on CNN, adding that we need to monitor whether people are “creating a dangerous virus.”But just weeks earlier, Gates Foundation-funded researcherspublished a study inSciencedescribing theFIRST-EVER creation of 16 synthetic viruses using AI.The mad scientists used artificial intelligence to design bacteriophages that do not exist in nature. The synthetic viruses were then manufactured, shown to self-replicate inside bacteria, kill their bacterial hosts, and produce new viral particles.The lead author who carried out much of the experimental work was financially supported by the Gates Foundation.So Bill Gates is now warning the world about the very capability his own foundation helped fund into existence:AI systems being used to design functional synthetic viruses.You cannot make this up.Nicolas Hulscher, MPHEpidemiologist and Foundation Administrator, McCullough FoundationSupport our mission:mcculloughfnd.orgPlease consider following both theMcCullough Foundationandmy personal accountonX(formerly Twitter) for further content.FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse™) is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.