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Prepare for AI Hackers (2023)
Human systems of all kinds may soon be vulnerable to subversion by artificial intelligence.
During the four-day conference, attendees witnessed talks and demonstrations on subjects such as how to remotely control an airliner, disarm electronic safe locks, or bypass security on an ATM. A half-dozen brightly colored server racks running sophisticated AI systems were arranged in a semi-circle on a stage in one of the hotel’s ballrooms; flickering LED lights on each machine were the only indicators that an all-out robot war was raging on DARPA’s network. But for Bruce Schneier, a computer-security expert and adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, what transpired that day was a sobering glimpse of a not-too-distant future when AIs can find and exploit vulnerabilities with superhuman speed, scope, scale, and sophistication.
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