Huge thanks to co-authors: @ankareuel.bsky.social, Stephen Casper, @elliotmjones.bsky.social, @agstrait.bsky.social , Usman Anwar, Anurag Agrawal, @sayash.bsky.social, Sanmi Koyejo, Marie Pellat, Rishi Bommasani, @nickfrosst.bsky.social & @sarahooker.bsky.social
We find that current suggests no increased risk from current models, & methods to study AI biorisk are nascent, often speculative, & limited in terms of methodological maturity.
More work is needed to develop theoretical models for biorisk & empirical methods to test them.
AI amplifying biorisk has been a major topic in policy & governance work. But does the available evidence match this level of attention? 🦠 ⚠️
Our new paper looks at the science underpinning ideas that AI could increase biorisks.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.01946
the most wonderful time of the year is almost upon us
when we can start emails with: "let's kick this to the new year"
