Lethal micro-organisms can AFAIK be manufactured via the Internet even today.
Do you have a citation for this? You can get certain biochemical compounds synthesized for you (there’s a fair bit of a market for DNA synthesis) but that’s pretty far from synthesizing microorganisms.
Right, sorry. I believe the claim (which I heard from a biologist) was that you can get DNA synthesized for you, and in principle an AI or anyone who knew enough could use those services to create their own viruses or bacteria (though no human yet has that required knowledge). I’ll e-mail the person I think I heard it from and ask for a clarification.
Do you have a citation for this? You can get certain biochemical compounds synthesized for you (there’s a fair bit of a market for DNA synthesis) but that’s pretty far from synthesizing microorganisms.
Right, sorry. I believe the claim (which I heard from a biologist) was that you can get DNA synthesized for you, and in principle an AI or anyone who knew enough could use those services to create their own viruses or bacteria (though no human yet has that required knowledge). I’ll e-mail the person I think I heard it from and ask for a clarification.