FiredFloridaCop

Fair enough; at least we’re on the same page as far as what we disagree about.

Your metaphor strays too far from the topic to be relevant. Here’s one that I believe is closer and makes your position look as silly as you made mine look:

“AI makes hacking easy” is like saying “ovens make cooking easy” when fires exist.

Many more people who couldn’t or wouldn’t cook before don’t have to worry about measuring or guessing temperature, manual cook times, setting up a cooking surface, etc. Does the meal cook itself? Obviously not - you still need a recipe and plenty of manual effort.

anyone who formerly had no chance due to being a “script kiddie” can now just prompt an AI* to eventually find a vulnerability

- me, in a comment you already replied to

You’re doing mental gymnastics to argue with me. Let’s try what I said worded differently in a way that hopefully helps you realize we agree:

It is now easier to hack.

Fair enough, but the overall idea stands:

The bar has been significantly lowered for what it takes to hack.

The irony - of course - is that their 401k money goes right into hacking those same people’s 401ks.

… but at least we can brainrot an entire generation with glass fruit slices and put artists out of work?

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go convince someone that the TikTok deepfakes they’re watching aren’t real and that cops don’t really employ nanny-boo-boos to unsettle criminals during interrogations. No, I’m not joking.

I’m no cybersecurity expert, but from what I’ve heard from those who are, this is the new normal as anyone who formerly had no chance due to being a “script kiddie” can now just prompt an AI* to eventually find a vulnerability.

* oversimplification redacted