equipment they’re automating would be capable of producing viruses (saying that this equipment is a normal thing to have in a bio lab
This seems to fall into the same genre as “that word processor can be used to produce disinformation,” “that image editor can be used to produce ‘CSAM’,” and “the pocket calculator is capable of displaying the number 5318008.”
If a word processor falling into the hands of terrorists could easily generate a memetic virus capable of inducing schizophrenia in hundreds of millions of people, then I believe such concerns are warranted.
This seems to fall into the same genre as “that word processor can be used to produce disinformation,” “that image editor can be used to produce ‘CSAM’,” and “the pocket calculator is capable of displaying the number 5318008.”
If a word processor falling into the hands of terrorists could easily generate a memetic virus capable of inducing schizophrenia in hundreds of millions of people, then I believe such concerns are warranted.