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justinnkyesterday at 9:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Exactly. If someone works on bioengineering viruses that could start a global pandemic, they have to ensure a highly secure working environment. Nothing must ever escape the lab unintentionally. It’s basically common sense. Similar standards should be held when doing such experiments with computer programs that are capable of causing global damage. It must physically be impossible to send anything to the internet.


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kennethtoday at 12:10 AM

Are we thinking of a situation a few years back with a certain type of research into bat viruses?