There aren’t existing books or instruction manuals on how to make bioweapons, and the people who know enough to write them also know not to write them. Additionally a book or manual won’t answer your questions as you get stuck.
The concern with LLMs is that (a) if they continue getting better, and (b) continue having easily bypassable safeguards, then anyone who wants to make a bioweapon can have the equivalent of an expert advisor to coach them through the steps.
What is the argument on why an LLM is much more useful than a book/ instruction manual on how to make a bio-weapon?
There aren’t existing books or instruction manuals on how to make bioweapons, and the people who know enough to write them also know not to write them. Additionally a book or manual won’t answer your questions as you get stuck.
The concern with LLMs is that (a) if they continue getting better, and (b) continue having easily bypassable safeguards, then anyone who wants to make a bioweapon can have the equivalent of an expert advisor to coach them through the steps.