I don't mind getting hired to scare people, because a) it's not very hard and b) it does drive home some very important points that don't get talked about enough. Like how most breaches start with social engineering of one form or another.

But I'm not interested in speaking about how great technology is, because it mostly sucks, and or the implementation of it is completely fumbled. And I'm deeply suspicious of any kind of effort to say that everything's just fine, no need to panic, etc. Fucking panic already.

E.g., the past couple of years have clearly shown that the code powering a ton of the endpoint security hardware out there today is complete cruft, meaning a significant share of the user base is constantly subject to zero-day attacks.

It's kind of like virtual currencies. If I thought for a minute that they were on balance doing more good than massive harm, I wouldn't mind saying so. I'd put current AI efforts in that bucket as well.

Here, let me fix that for you....

"As a quick recap, the summit’s goal is to coax business owners into welcoming AI willingly and blindly. It will focus on topics like ethical AI (®), overcoming fear around AI workforce decimation, and helping employees create a non-hostile environment for our new AI overlords."

@briankrebs Opening remarks:

"So, I think the even planners used AI to generate a list of possible speakers. Let me tell you why...."

⬆️ @briankrebs

>>" the summit’s goal is to help business owners integrate AI responsibly and strategically. It will focus on topics like ethical AI, overcoming fear around AI adoption, and creating an AI-positive environment for employees."

In preparing for #resistance, a valuable skill to have (or develop quickly) is the ability to subtly, but effectively thwart #AI apparatus, while maintaining plausible deniability if/when accused of sabotage.

Thwart them instead of learning to cooperate 😡

@briankrebs

A golden opportunity to drop a dookie in the punchbowl?

Deflating expectations a little now is way better than deflating them a lot later.

@briankrebs
A great opportunity to tell them about the artificial cases AI invented in legal briefs and the artificial medical information it generated from doctor's notes. Then ask if they're ok with breathing artificial air, drinking artificial water and getting paid in artificial money. Just for perspective.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/lawyer-cited-6-fake-cases-made-up-by-chatgpt-judge-calls-it-unprecedented/

https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-health-business-90020cdf5fa16c79ca2e5b6c4c9bbb14