Dr. Steven Novella
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10,556 appearances
17 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 19 Sep
Dr. Steven Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We also should say that this is a preprint, so it hasn't been peer-reviewed yet, and it hasn't been replicated.
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Yeah, just to point that out specifically, this is preliminary.
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But this is the next iterative step in this research that's been done.
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This is not a huge leap.
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Both good and bad.
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So I think the idea that we could make designer bacteriophages to fight bacterial infections, that could be a massive new medical application, right?
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That could be wonderful.
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Yeah, we definitely are.
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Bacterial.
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Got to have it.
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Antibiotic resistance is an issue.
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Antibiotics are going down.
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So, yeah, again, it could be, if it works, if this all pans out, and I see no reason why it wouldn't.
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You know, again, genetics is code, and LLMs are sort of a perfect tool for this.
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Then the applications could be amazing, but the risks are equally powerful, right?
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Double-edged sword, as usual.
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It's a double-edged sword.
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It's technology.
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Yeah, the ability to create custom viruses as a potential bioweapon, that's obviously the first thing to be concerned about.
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Somebody could use the same platform to create – to engineer a bioweapon just telling LLM to do it.
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