AI lowers the barrier for creating biological weapons, increasing global catastrophe risk

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AI significantly lowers the expertise barrier for developing sophisticated biological weapons, making it easier for humans to create uncontrollable crises, which is a primary concern given that biological weapons lack the 'mutually assured destruction' deterrent present with nuclear weapons. This risk is evidenced by personal experiments and Anthropic's experiences with users attempting to research biological weapons.