Why go for the cures right?
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does it actually exist or is it a "simulation" again
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we've been using ai for decades, just not like the llm ai
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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Pretty soon it'll be like "The Stand".
Why the fuck would they give it that ability? Oh right, to kill people. Thanks US government.
It's a bacteriophage, a proposed replacement for antibiotics. It cannot hurt you, it is meant to save your life in the future.
Lmao.
And you think the country responsible for untold death and destruction, that's lead by war criminal pedophile rapists, isn't working on super viruses secretly as well?
I didn't say that. I said THIS research is specifically good because it is set to replace antibiotics, which have a well-known expiration date. I can celebrate medical advances without condoning governments that may use the discoveries for evil. Are you of the position that any technology with the capacity to harm should be banned? Or, what is the alternative research method you're proposing?
My proposal is sanctioning America out of existence, forced disarmament, and balkanization. You cannot be trusted, as history shows again and again.
You? Do you think I'm an American?
They*
Fair.
Would this identical research be acceptable then, had it come from a different nation?
Does the different nation have a long and well documented history of deploying chemical and biological weapons on the battlefield, in civilian areas, and even on their own population? If yes then it would also be unacceptable.
Either I'm not asking the question correctly, or you've misunderstood me. Do you take issue with the research itself, or is this purely distrust of a nation? Is it possible for a nation to exist, from which you would applaud this research, rather than condemn it?
Yeah it'd be fine if it came out of a place without a history of using biological and chemical weapons all willy nilly.
But coming from America it means they're also using AI to make better biological and chemical weapons.
Well, then it's a good thing it was posted as a research paper so that ever nation and university on the planet can benefit from the most recent progress in combating the problem of antibiotic resistance. I fully concede and accept that you are 100% correct that the US is fucking AWFUL. But regardless of what that cesspool of a nation is plotting, THIS research is positive, and will allow researchers across the planet to better prepare us against future diseases.
Great
oh the progress
Scientists have made the first viruses designed by artificial intelligence in a milestone that raises hopes for new medicines but also concerns over how to ensure the technology remains safe.
The viruses are specific kinds known as bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria and are used around the world to treat patients with persistent infections. In lab tests, a cocktail of the AI-designed viruses killed E* coli* bugs that were resistant to natural bacteriophages.
Dr Brian Hie, a chemical engineer at Stanford University in California, used genome language models, the genetic equivalent of the large language models behind AI chatbots, to design functioning genomes for bacteriophages. The viruses were then made in the laboratory and pitted against E* coli* in a dish.
The ability to “rapidly design” genomes and tune them for specific bugs while overcoming resistance could “transform phage therapy” and “expand biotechnological toolkits”, the researchers wrote in the journal Science.
dug deeper, this is bacteriophage research, and the genome model just gave them the genomes and they made the bacteriophage
this is cure research as it bacteriophages infect and destroy bacteria
this could be groundbreaking as they were able to infect bacteria that normal bacteriophages couldnt
Pray for NUKES 💥
I'm guessing it created it the same way i created a giant eight limbed creature called an Octophant, using a piece of paper and a pencil.
It does not make it exist.
According to this non-paywalled article, it created thousands of potential genomes from which the scientists running the experiment chose three hundred promising candidates. They then had bacteria make those and used them for their bacteriophagy experiment. So essentially the AI made the blueprints that the scientists then turned into real stuff.
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Why go for the cures right?
That's literally what a bacteriophage is.
For the uninitiated, the scientists created bacteriophages, viruses that eat bacteria and are being studied as a way to cure bacterial diseases without using antibiotics. Non-paywalled article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai
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The title is misleading. It wasn’t an LLM, but a bespoke, dedicated system.
And yes, I know that’s sort of “AI,” but these days when that word is used, the average person equates it to ChatGPT or Gemini or whatever text chatbot they’re familiar with.
This basically has nothing to do with that. Scientists have been making models for design and data synthesis forever.
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Don't fucking post images of headlines.
Find a source that isn't paywalled and link to the article. Or don't post anything at all.
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