DEF CON Plays Babysitter To Bored Hackers Too Dumb For Real Crimes

AI Models Line Up For Abuse In Hackers Daycare

In a move that screams of insufferable desperation, the 31st annual DEF CON event decided to take on the role of a proud parent by organizing the largest ‘red teaming’ exercise ever, for a bunch of AI models no one really cares about. This unprecedented spectacle will give a bunch of keyboard warriors a chance to feel important for a change.

Possible Implications of this Tedious Circus

This snooze-festival will supposedly lead to groundbreaking discoveries and improvements for AI models, more like an excuse for lazy hackers to try avoiding real work. Cybersecurity might see some minuscule advances once these underachievers find weaknesses in the AI, but more likely it will wind up giving them new ways to waste their careers paddling in the shallow end of the technology pool.

The “Hot” Take – Spoiler, It’s Lukewarm at Best

Of course, DEF CON would rather play daycare for a horde of hackers than produce anything of genuine value. It’s cute to see such fuss made over glorified mind games. Who knows, maybe among the thousands of participants, one might, by pure accident, stumble upon something interesting. That is, if they can manage to break away from arguing over who has the coolest handle or dodging questionable snack food. But let’s not hold our breath, these chumps are more likely to create a Skynet out of sheer incompetence than to actually contribute to technology’s progress.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/legions-of-defcon-hackers-will-attack-generative-ai-models/