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Max More's avatar

As a techno-optimist, and based on the little I know of this, I agree with your take.

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Malcolm Sharpe's avatar

I found the Science article refreshing (compared to the writing on AI existential risk). It's clearly-written, educational, non-hyperbolic, free of dubious metaphors, and grounded in mechanistic understanding and real-world knowledge.

And I appreciate, in particular, that the article is just as clear about what _isn't_ dangerous (synthesis of mirror nucleic acids and proteins) as what is (creating mirror bacteria). Plus, for someone interested in pursuing mirror bacteria in the long run, the countermeasure research proposed gives a concrete path to doing that safely.

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