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These AI pieces remind me of the FUD surrounding genetic engineering in the 80s and 90s. Which is ironic because with the advent of CRISPR and related discoveries genetic engineering might actually be the threat to worry about now.

Edit: typo

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I suppose you meant _genetic_ here. Still, now I am tempted to google for "generic engineering" and see how this could have been a threat (especially in the 80s/90s).

That's not Fud that's a moderately successful prediction on a 40 year timescale. Put 40 years into the linked article and let's talk.

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