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"Avast, mateys! Experts be sayin’ AI might unleash a plague upon us! But when shall the chaos commence?"

2024-08-28

Arrr! Be ye hearin' the wise sea dogs of artificial brains callin' upon the landlubbers in charge? They be demandin' that the king’s men and other rulers lay down rules to keep those crafty biological AIs from givin’ the crew a right nasty plague! Avast, I say!

Ahoy, me hearties! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn 'bout the scallywags of science warnin' us of a treacherous tide in the waters of artificial intelligence! A motley crew o' experts from grand institutions like Johns Hopkins and Stanford be sayin' that these sneaky AI models might just be craftin' the next plague that could send us all to Davy Jones' locker! Aye, they be trainin' them models on heaps o' biological data, a’ makin' vaccines faster than a ship on a fair wind!

But beware, mateys! With great power comes even greater mischief! These clever contraptions could be whip-in’ up nasty viruses that could slip past our defenses like a ghost ship in the fog! The learned buccaneers suggest that governments draft laws quicker than a cannonball flies to keep these rascals in check. They be recommendin' a whole battery o' tests before unleashin' any biological AI upon the seas!

And don’t be forgettin’, laddies, that the very ingredients for this devilry may already be lurkin’ in the shadows! So, hoist the sails, and let’s chart a course for caution, lest we find ourselves knee-deep in a pandemic storm! As ol’ Captain Powers says, “If the question be can AI create pandemics, aye, it surely can!” So let’s batten down the hatches and prepare for the wild seas ahead! Yarrr!

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