I did not need AI to build a functional wet lab, if I’d wanted to. But I’m pretty sure with AI I could build one in 6-10 months that’d allow me to create something very dangerous very quickly. Before AI, I suspect the “creating something very dangerous part” would’ve taken me more like 4-7 years.

The important point is that this lowers the bar. Prior, only a few people with 140+ IQs working together could do this. Now, it only takes one person with ~115 IQ. And that’s an enormous difference that matters.