So, security (safety) through obscurity?

What about allowing people to synthesize dangerous virus protection?

I want everyone in the world to be able to perform unlimited cutting edge research on any topic at the maximum thinking level, instantly.

The reason we are not being attacked is not lack of technology access.

Do you believe people currently possessing best models act/will act in your best interest?

It's inevitable. Also, it's not like I get to vet who does or doesn't have access. Blind trust in the current selection made by an unregulated corporation just makes me anxious.

Security in the form of "pay to play" is just kicking the bigger issue down the road.

It the tool was made available to anyone to build a virus, anyone would be able to build counter measures, if only a select few people have access they get to build the virus and everyone else is at a disadvantage. So, yes, I am leaning towards making these tools open rather than gated behind some priesthood and government that gets to wield exclusive power.

you need a lot more than the nucleotide sequence to make a virus. you need the DNA or RNA to be synthesized, assembled, packaged properly. and long sequences are pretty hard to do. you need a lot of equipment, or you need to order from services. the oligo synth services can harden their KYC and/or screen for suspicious sequences.

sure, a malevolent state actor could swing it, but they could make a bioweapon without Mythos's help already.

also, vaccine production and disease surveillance have ramped up very quickly. they will ramp up further, despite political setbacks. it's a cat and mouse game that favors the defenders IMO.

but the bioterrorism narrative is useful FUD to spin open-weight models as existentially dangerous. I am far more worried about Anthropic's own goals than the goals of some crackpot in a shed.

We do. Its the only way we will get our jobs back.