BlueDot Narrated
Audio versions of the core readings, blog posts, and papers from BlueDot courses.
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BlueDot Narrated
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Biosecurity and the Goals of This Course
Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This introduction to the course underscores its focus on mitigating the risk of catastrophic pandemics, a specific aspect of the complex and multidisciplinary field of biosec...
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High-Risk Human-Caused Pathogen Exposure Events From 1975-2016
Audio versions of the blog posts and papers from BlueDot courses. This table documents the known human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016, both accidental and deliberate, from peaceful research and bioweapons programmes...
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Info Hazard Guidance for Biosecurity Discussions
Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This document introduces the concept of information hazards (often called 'info hazards') and reasoning for why we should be cautious around them. It also provides a list of ...
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Understanding AI-Facilitated Biological Weapon Development
Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This report breaks down the categorisation of LLMs and BDTs into more specific subcategories of AI-enabled biological tools at each stage of the risk chain, from ideation to ...
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Artificial Intelligence and Biological Misuse: Differentiating Risks of Language Models and Biological Design Tools
This paper proposes two categories of AI models that could have impacts on biosecurity in different ways: large language models (LLMs) and biological design tools (BDTs). Overall, the author suggests that LLMs could lower barriers to biological...
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