AI enables any common criminal to commit complicated cyberattacks, yeah, it's probably an issue.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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Powerful things invented for good always end up being used for bad ends.
When were LLMs invented for good?
Also how about vaccines? Hand soap? Photography? Water purification plants? Solar panels?
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I mean it's good that boomer Cynthia in accounting can use it to make excel formulas. Obviously that's like the tiniest fraction of effect AI is having nowadays, but there's definitely a good use case.
Vaccines - if your troops / people are vaccinated against something, but the enemy isn't...
Grandma put hand soap in my mouth for swearing too much
Just teasing though I fully agree with you
this is why we can't have nice things