I didn’t realize people in biosecurity were worried about infohazards. In EA circles I hear biosecurity talked about much less than the other cause areas, and now I’m wondering how much of that is the cloak of secrecy and how much is the field simply being neglected?
I didn’t realize people in biosecurity were worried about infohazards. In EA circles I hear biosecurity talked about much less than the other cause areas, and now I’m wondering how much of that is the cloak of secrecy and how much is the field simply being neglected?
Infohazards are indeed a pretty big worry of lots of the EAs working on biosecurity: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTtZWBAKgrrnZj73n/biosecurity-culture-computer-security-culture