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Security experts: the real AI danger is hacking, not doomsday

Vox argues infrastructure hacking is the real AI apocalypse risk

3 Sep 17 8:00 AM · 7d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 3 of 4

Vox's Sara Herschander used the 2007 Idaho National Laboratory 'Aurora Generator Test' — in which 30 lines of code destroyed a diesel generator — to argue that AI doesn't need to 'go rogue' to threaten power grids or water systems; it just needs to fall into the wrong hands, lowering the technical bar for attacks on vulnerable infrastructure.

Vox argues infrastructure hacking is the real AI apocalypse risk
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“Before, you needed to have highly skilled technical expertise... And now, you just have to have a general idea of what's possible.”

Alvaro Cardenas, UC Santa Cruz computer science professor

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) Vercel CEOAlvaro Cardenas UC Santa Cruz computer science professorMichael Assante Lead researcher, Idaho National Laboratory Aurora Generator TestSam Sabin and Bradley Olson Axios reporters

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What was reported 2 claims about this development

  1. 1 outlet AI dangers are real

    first by The Times, 7d ago

  2. 1 outlet We’re worrying about the wrong AI apocalypse

    first by Vox, 7d ago

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