Synthetic biology can create novel, unconventional living systems that help reveal that intelligence is a property of agential materials rather than just specific biological history.

“The creatures they make and the capabilities that these creatures have were never directly selected for. And in fact, they never existed. So you can't tell the same kind of story.”

Synthetic biology offers the capability to manufacture everything currently made without biology, with the added advantages of atomic precision and scalability.

“I have speculated that essentially everything that we can currently manufacture today without biology, we will be able to manufacture with biology and with potential advantages. Biology is intrinsically atomically precise, and it's scalable to cover the whole planet essentially for free.”

The ability to use a Fab Lab to create a bio lab and then gain the skills to engineer biological threats is a significant and legitimate cause for concern.

“something to be scared about is a Fab Lab can make a bio lab a bio lab can make biotechnology somebody could learn to make a virus that's scary that that's unlike some of the things I said I don't worry about that's something I really worry about that is scary”