Sam Altman, the recently fired (and rehired) chief executive of Open AI, was asked earlier this year by his fellow tech billionaire Patrick Collison what he thought of the risks of synthetic biology. ‘I would like to not have another synthetic pathogen cause a global pandemic. I think we can all agree that wasn’t a great experience,’ he replied. ‘Wasn’t that bad compared to what it could have been, but I’m surprised there has not been more global coordination and I think we should have more of that.’

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    411·
    7 months ago

    I guess most people aren’t up to date with this subject. There has been plenty of discussion with experts that point to the possibility of a lab leak. The wet market hypothesis has so many holes in it that it’s impossible to take seriously.

    • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
      14·
      7 months ago

      The wet market hypothesis has so many holes in it that it’s impossible to take seriously.

      Such as?

      • qdJzXuisAndVQb2English
        17·
        7 months ago

        Trust me bro! Idk lol

        That kind of comment is useless. Huge claim, zero follow-through. There may well be a workable theory, but that poster has no fucking clue.