My interpretation of the Gopal paper is that LLMs do meaningfully change the risks:
They’ll allow you to make progress without understanding, say, the Luo paper or the technology involved.
They’ll tell you what equipment you’d need, where to get it, how to get it, and how to operate it. Or they’ll tell you how to pay someone else to do bits for you without arousing suspicion.
Perhaps model this as having access to a helpful amoral virologist?
My interpretation of the Gopal paper is that LLMs do meaningfully change the risks:
They’ll allow you to make progress without understanding, say, the Luo paper or the technology involved.
They’ll tell you what equipment you’d need, where to get it, how to get it, and how to operate it. Or they’ll tell you how to pay someone else to do bits for you without arousing suspicion.
Perhaps model this as having access to a helpful amoral virologist?