The following excerpt is taken from Giuliano Da Empoli‘s book “L’heure des prédateurs”.
“Today, an aircraft carrier that cost the US government ten billion dollars can be sunk by two or three Chinese hypersonic missiles costing fifteen million. Conversely, to shoot down a $200 drone launched from southern Lebanon, Israel must use a Patriot missile worth $3 million each time. Not to mention a cyberattack capable of paralyzing an entire nation, the cost of which is virtually zero.
These days, attack costs less than defense. Much less. And the price continues to fall. In the future, some claim that a single individual will be able to declare war on the entire world and win. When you consider that a DNA synthesizer capable of creating new deadly pathogens costs around $20,000, or the price of a used car, this prospect does not seem so far-fetched.
According to the company that produces it, the latest ChatGPT model launched in fall 2024 has led to a significant increase in the risk of artificial intelligence being misused to create chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. This risk is now classified at the highest level on the company’s scale, but that did not prevent OpenAI from putting the product on the market, without any regulatory authority finding fault with it.
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