before: script kiddies
now: AI kiddies
before: script kiddies
now: AI kiddies
Script kiddies didn't have the full financial support of fossil fuel despots & murderous oil oligarchs.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/10/war-ai-gulf-uae-saudi-qatar-iran/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html
https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/
3 million script kiddies didn't get trained to be the next Russian Internet Research Agency.
https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/02/microsoft-accelerates-ai-skilling-in-saudi-arabia-helping-3-million-people-acquire-ai-skills-by-2030/