Fuck AI

Okay, those are fair concerns, and it's refreshing to see actual founded rebuttals instead of the slack jawed "But science scary!"

True, an improperly built phage could cause some harm. But the goal is to make killers, not modifiers. And most of what you covered is powered by enzymes your body makes, not bacteria in your gut. And worst case scenario, let's say it does affect some of the microbes that assist in nutrient absorption, the answer to that is to nuke your gut, and get a faecal transplant. Not ideal, but very common.

Could this go awry? Yes, in the ways ALL medical research has the potential to go awry. But this is an objectively positive discovery that is undoubtedly going to save millions, maybe even billions of lives. Antibiotics is something that truly changed the course of our species, but it's effectiveness is limited, and we're nearing the end. This is a proposed answer to it, that will prevent you from dying of simple infections.

Demonizing it helps nobody.