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#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
Lex Fridman Podcast
Are the Ultra-Competent Also the Good?
I always think that the malevolent will be far outnumbered by the ultra-competent. So like, the better you are at stuff, whether that's building nuclear weapons or plumbing, it doesn't matter. They're both the less likely you are to destroy the world. The good guys will almost inevitably outsmart and definitely outnumber the bad guys in most sort of smackdowns that we can imagine.
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