Mastodawn

https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mj6q3pdblc2y

@davidgerard that's one of the things that pisses me off about the "AI Revolution."

I genuinely believe that AI and LLMs are powerful tools that could be used to better humanity. Already there's some incredible work being done in the Cybersecurity arena with AI, for example.

But all of the worst people, with the worst agendas, have been handed the reigns. So now this thing that could have been such a boon is being turned into the money machine that runs on orphan blood and I hate it.

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David Gerard

@DemonHouser

> Already there's some incredible work being done in the Cybersecurity arena

if you mean with genAI, no, it's ~100% hype and breaks no new ground at tremendous expense

e.g. i covered some on thursday https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/

Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly

This week’s hype is the new model from Anthropic — Claude Mythos! It’s fine tuned for computer code. Specifically, finding security holes. Anthropic’s not releasing Mythos. It’s too powerful for th…

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