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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by vouaobrasil on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:27AM (#36938811)
Yes, if AI can do this, expect AI to also find diseases that are perfect bioweapons...such as a long-lasting common cold that merely weakens you for months, and is extremely contagious. Perfect for weakening an entire country before invasion, without even a hint that it actually is a bioweapon until it's too late.
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by pawelmurias on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:50AM (#36939819)
Weapons that attack the entire planet are not perfect.
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by anshorei on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:15AM (#36940273)
They will be when our robot overlords want to get rid of us. :-)
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by ChatGTP on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:39AM (#36941718)
This assumes robots would want to be friend with each other, because robots. They'd probably wipe each other out very efficiently too and they would probably be able to do it without the use of weapons, it would just be cyber warfare.
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by hypertele-Xii on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:30AM (#36941614)
No weapon in the history of mankind has ever been perfect.
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by pawelmurias on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:22PM (#36944970)
Loads of things can be used as inefficient weapons, for example we could be worried about rouge states developing methods of dropping dead cows from zeppelins.
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Re:AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ an... by hypertele-Xii on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:57AM (#36954545)
You jest, but launching dead cows from catapults was indeed a medieval siege tactic.
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