Physical labs and experiments will always have physical bottlenecks, so I really don't see how AI is a transformative element here. What is it about AI that will be so transformative to the fundemental economics of this space that it will lead to several orders of magnitude more experimentation? If the problem is an expansion of wild west wet lab experimentation, why isn't ~that~ the focus of safety?

Who is going to profit from making an super STD anyway? How would regulating AI change their incentive structure?