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AI enables development of weapons of mass destruction

"AI is already enabling the development of weapons which could cause mass destruction —including new weapons that themselves use AI capabilities, such as Lethal Autonomous Weapons [2],10 and the potential use of AI to speed up the development of other potentially dangerous technologies, such as engineered pathogens (as discussed in Section 2)."

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AI Risk4. Malicious Actors & Misuse4.2 > Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harm2 - Post-deployment

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Domain4. Malicious Actors & Misuse
Subdomain4.2 > Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harm
Entity1 - Human
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryWorsened conflict
SubcategoryAI enables development of weapons of mass destruction

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