internet2000 2 hours ago

Remember Stuxnet? Hack one of these, wait until the right compounds are physically loaded, then execute https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/products/chemistry-and-bi...

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tptacek 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Stuxnet misconfigured industrial equipment that was already set up to run, and all it did was break that equipment. This scenario sets a much, much higher bar.

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internet2000 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

I guarantee there's misconfigured chemical analysis equipment out there exposed to the internet.

I don't think the grandparent was implying the AI would be controlling robot arms to mix things directly (or at least I didn't interpret as such), but it could very well sit in the network until it notices two dangerous compounds in the same machine, and trigger a breakage that causes a harmful mixture. Break a vial containing a virus, then break two more that cause an emergency evac and maybe that's enough to get something out there.

	▲	tptacek 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I have no doubt that somewhere there's chemical equipment an Internet attacker could break, or, maybe, if I have to stipulate, misconfigure enough to, like, poison someone. But my question is about the notion that you could synthesize a specific scary substance.