Re:Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?
by jmcgough on Friday September 16, 2022 @08:51PM
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This is like asking people if they've properly guarded against a malicious AI before making hobbyist computers.
> Will the output of your product prevent the cells from procreating/multiplying?
Why would this matter? We have immortal cell lines like hela cells that have been alive for decades.
> Will the output of your product prevent pathogen creation?
No, but no one is going to "accidentally" create a new pathogen (you'd need this as well as some expensive labware and a lot of expertise), and the people with the incentive can already do so in labs.
> Will the output of your product require a specific, unnatural energy source that can only be man made?
> Will the output of your product prevent the cells from procreating/multiplying?
Why would this matter? We have immortal cell lines like hela cells that have been alive for decades.
> Will the output of your product prevent pathogen creation?
No, but no one is going to "accidentally" create a new pathogen (you'd need this as well as some expensive labware and a lot of expertise), and the people with the incentive can already do so in labs.
> Will the output of your product require a specific, unnatural energy source that can only be man made?
What lol