[fidotron]

> Because there are many legitimate uses for nucleotide synthesis, and we would have to slow scientists down by adding more regulation

There are nothing like as many legitimate uses for it than AI, not close, while it's far easier to vet the relatively limited set of people doing it.

> so a motivated person could still do it even without access to these services.

Would this hypothetical person be stopped from doing it by not having an AI to talk to about it? Or could they just use existing literature on the subject? AI doesn't help here one iota. You might as well ban Google for potentially showing people such information.

This, also, is not something that has proven to be a problem.