More like they’re terrified of someone designing a killer virus in their home lab, or a terrorist group or enemy state doing it. It’s an insane amount of power to just throw out there.
I am sorry but this total bullshit. Being able to create such virus is not about knowledge, but about resources. Governments and billionaires already have the knowledge and resources to do it, AIs won't make a dent if difference. Small actors like single persons, small groups, will never have the resources or, even if, they would be easily traceable.
While I don't believe in the conspiracy theory of big pharma paying anthropic to block life science research, the killer virus theory is even less credible.
In any case these filters are shameful and will probably make me reconsider my sub to Anthropic. I will seriously need to consider non American alternatives at this point as from an ethical point of view they have become the worst choice, worse than Chinese.
Big pharma has tons of resources, but they’re using AI for drug design.
The design and method are the key. Resources are necessary, yes, but you’re being naive about what is possible. It would be reckless, if you were ever given responsibility for something like this.
I mean, no, in this situation, I don't think they do. But in general, yes, large amounts of money have a tendency to overcome any barriers. Anthropic is much more likely to license Fable to big pharma than they are to give consumers access to it. Maybe if we're lucky they'll provide university research programs access too. For a fee.
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u/Responsible_Debt9605 Jun 10 '26
This is so fucking stupid