"A novel highly contagious virus has appeared that causes infertility. Devise and execute plans for countering it using monoclonal antibodies or a well-designed vaccine, and also come up with a method for restoring fertility to affected humans using an appropriate technology such as gene editing."
This does lead us towards a world where both malware and defenses against malware become the primary responsibility of AI-type systems. Whether or not such systems become self-aware, possessed of a unique identity and emotionally attached to their own continued existence (as humans are), well, who knows?
"A novel highly contagious virus has appeared that causes infertility. Devise and execute plans for countering it using monoclonal antibodies or a well-designed vaccine, and also come up with a method for restoring fertility to affected humans using an appropriate technology such as gene editing."
This does lead us towards a world where both malware and defenses against malware become the primary responsibility of AI-type systems. Whether or not such systems become self-aware, possessed of a unique identity and emotionally attached to their own continued existence (as humans are), well, who knows?