submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
 

Why go for the cures right?
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Ehh this is a milestone. If you can engineer a virus you can also engineer a cure.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    We wouldn't have to engineer a cure if we didn't engineer the T-Virus to begin with.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Not really though, a virus is just a vector for introducing a message into a living cell so a virus CAN be a cure in and of itself. I would also bet that the "AI" they used is actually just a ML algorithm but the internet needed clicks so they slapped "AI" on it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    This virus IS a cure for bacterial infections. It is a proposed replacement for antibiotics, which have been steadily reducing in effectiveness over the years, and will likely stop working entirely in the future. This is a way to prevent you and I from being killed by staph infections again.

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