US THEM STUPID EVIL axis filled in with the different AI types

On 22 November I presented at BSides Aberystwyth – my title was “AI powered scammers: Looking at four some new-ish types of threat” and the talk was a summary of my thinking about cybersecurity and AI. I teach cybersecurity and I have spent most of my adult life working in AI so I have a few opinions about both. This blog post is a summary of the arguments in my talk, in case anyone’s interested. Firstly, I think it’s important to set out some ‘ground rules’ when discussing this kind of thing and I am very cautious about attributing agency where there may be none.Read More →