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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) presents a profound paradox: its capacity to revolutionize medicine, potentially eradicating diseases like cancer, is mirrored by the risk of it being weaponized to synthesize deadly pandemics. This duality creates a significant challenge for global regulation. The promise of transformative benefits, such as poverty alleviation, may incentivize nations to embrace AGI despite the theoretical, yet catastrophic, risks of misuse, including domination and exploitation. This debate was sparked by a discussion on Reddit (original post: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1nsk65c/if_you_believe_advanced_ai_will_be_able_to_cure/).