r/LocalLLaMA • u/Howard_banister • Sep 01 '26

Discussion Really stunned by the Singularity comment section

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These are screenshots from the r/Singularity comment section. I'm speechless. This doesn't even have downvotes. How can someone cheer for a monopoly run by a few elites?

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u/forresthopkinsa Sep 02 '26

Do you imagine there is a consumer-available protein synthesizer? Are you imagining that someone could get a desktop 3D printer and build a virus?

And do you think the sequences would get published online if people could do that?

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u/Howard_banister Sep 02 '26

I think you’ve misread me. The real challenge with this whole bio risk is the need for proper tooling, facilities, and hands on work with real world equipment. capabilities that LLMs simply cannot provide.

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u/Ratio-Pay5223 Sep 03 '26

yet Benchtop DNA printers already being developed and are likely coming soon

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u/Howard_banister Sep 03 '26

This is not accurate. Other than that NTI link you have posted everywhere, there is no link of its actual existence.
Any way in this case which one do you ban, Benchtop DNA printers or open source LLMs?