Wei Dai comments on Could the Maxipok rule have catastrophic consequences? (I argue yes.)

[Wei Dai]

I’m not an expert on bioweapons, but I note that the paper you cite is dated 2005, before the advent of synthetic biology. The recent report from FHI seems to consider bioweapons to be a realistic existential risk.

[Kaj_Sotala]

Thanks, I hadn’t seen that. Interesting (and scary).