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Gernot Heiser: Defend Against Cyber Threats | Gaming the Future Chapter 8

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The Role of AI in Cyber Security

I see AI in the security space basically as a combustion accelerator. It accelerates the arms race because it automates finding of blocks both for the attacker and the defender. And it doesn't really fundamentally change the problem that the attacker has the advantage. You can argue that it will probably make things harder to attack but then, yeah, you can automate the attacks much better. So I'm not sure whether it's a net gain or a loss.

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