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by haxiomic 1180 days ago
If everyone had an app on their phone with a button to destroy the world the remaining lifetime of the human race would be measured in milliseconds

Now if this button was something you had to order from Amazon I think we’ve got a few days

There’s a scenario where people with the intent will have the capability in the foreseeable future

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like what? would you rather have a gpt5 or a nuke? pure fearmongering. what am i gonna do, text to speech them to death? give me a break
Here’s someone who orders parts from the internet to design a custom virus that genetically modifies his own cells to cure his lactose intolerance https://youtu.be/aoczYXJeMY4

Pretty cool for sure and a great use of the technology. The reason more of us don’t do this is because we lack the knowledge of biology to understand what we’re doing

That will soon change.