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Yeah that's fair actually - the unintended consequences aspect (paperclips et al)

I would hope that would be less of a concern though Vs people worried that the hugging face example could have been "generate a human virus that kills all humans and then manufacture it and then administer it" etc

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I have good news and bad news.

The good news is biologists seem to think that's fairly difficult, so much so it will (probably) not be a nearterm threat.

The bad news is: there are definitely people who want that goal, and the AI is clearly capable of hacking anything that isn't literally airgapped, and not much is literally airgapped, and a half-arsed virus could still kill tens of millions.

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