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K0balttoday at 12:03 PM1 replyview on HN

Next up:

Obvious pattern of using ai to replace human reasoning in a proven methodology of malware distribution, C&C, and network infiltration obviously possible, say researchers.

Researchers use AI to create the torment nexus using commodity hardware, demonstrating the very real threat that AI could enable attackers to create torment nexus nodes using commodity hardware. “It wasn’t even that hard !“ says one researcher. Firmware available to qualified researchers who pinky swear that it will not be leaked.

Researchers set fire to laboratory with gasoline, killing seven volunteer victims, demonstrating that laboratory fires are a real risk and can carry significant consequences, especially when gasoline is involved.

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.


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dijksterhuistoday at 12:18 PM

this is part of the pro-active security loop. gotta demonstrate how it can break to figure out how to defend it.

our other choice is to let someone else figure it out in relative secrecy. then theyre able to cause a bunch of damage to a wide range of systems. with no defences for it. everyone would be scrambling around figuring out how to deal with it while the damage is going on. not good.