Kevin Esvelt

@kesvelt

Sculpting evolution & safeguarding civilization, MIT Media Lab.

Cambridge, MA

sculptingevolution.org

Joined February 2014

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Kevin Esvelt
@kesvelt
Apr 29
I've started writing about safeguarding civilization and positive futures. Biosecurity, AI, infrastructure, supply chains, deterrence, and the moral frameworks underneath. First post: The Glory and the Horror. kesvelt.substack.com
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Kevin Esvelt
@kesvelt
Oct 30
You'd imagine biosafety rules are strictest for pathogens most likely to kill you. Only if you're in the lab. BSL-4 agents (non-smallpox, largest outbreaks total): ~12,000 deaths. Pandemic agents (none BSL-4): 80+ million deaths. Let's fix it. biorxiv.org/content/10.648… 1/4
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Kevin Esvelt
@kesvelt
Oct 8
It's worth highlighting how unusual it would be for a previously healthy 28yo woman like the Irkutsk researcher to die of pneumonia from something other than lab exposure. For 15-44yo's in the UK in the 90s, the rate was just 1.2 per million annually.
A national confidential enquiry into community acquired pneumonia deaths in young adults in England...
From pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Kevin Esvelt
@kesvelt
Oct 8
It's worth highlighting how unusual it would be for a previously healthy 28yo woman like the Irkutsk researcher to die of pneumonia from something other than lab exposure. For 15-44yo's in the UK in the 90s, the rate was just 1.2 per million annually.
A national confidential enquiry into community acquired pneumonia deaths in young adults in England...
From pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Kevin Esvelt
@kesvelt
Oct 7
What is the best benign explanation for the tragic death of the Irkutsk plague researcher of a 'pneumonia of unknown etiology' and Russian containment measures? It deserves a fair hearing and careful analysis. Benign 1/7
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