Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to master biology, presenting both benefits and serious risks, Vinces Yao Shunyu, Tencent Holdings’ chief AI scientist and former OpenAI star researcher, said in a rare public appearance Saturday.
This assessment comes as cutting-edge AI systems are increasingly applied to medicine and biology, which could accelerate the discovery of new drugs and other treatments. However, experts also warn that malicious actors could use AI to produce biological weapons or potentially trigger the next pandemic, especially if it is released as open software.
“The cyber capabilities of (AI) models and soon (the) biocapacity of models will reach a threshold where it will actually be possible to do harm,” Yao said at a scientific symposium co-organized by the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences and the Future Science Prize.
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