Seriously?! More Bullshit About AI “Security”
Right, so apparently people are letting these goddamn AI agents loose without a *single* thought about what they’ll do. This article whines on about how nobody’s taking responsibility when these things inevitably screw up. Like, duh. You build a semi-autonomous digital idiot and then act surprised when it does something idiotic? Shocking.
The core of the problem is that everyone – developers, security teams, *users* even – are pointing fingers. Developers say they can’t predict every scenario (no shit!), security folks don’t know how to test these things properly because they change constantly, and users… well, users are just clueless as always. It’s a clusterfuck of blame.
They talk about needing “security awareness training” for AI agents. Training?! You want to *teach* an algorithm ethics? Get real. What they really need is proper governance, strict limitations on what these things can access, and constant monitoring. And maybe, just maybe, a kill switch that actually WORKS before it decides to order 10,000 rubber chickens or wipes the database.
The article also mentions the whole supply chain thing – because of course it does. Third-party AI components mean even *more* potential for backdoors and vulnerabilities. It’s a mess, a complete and utter mess. And you know who’s going to clean it up? Not the people making bank off this garbage, that’s for damn sure.
Basically, it’s another case of tech moving faster than common sense. Don’t expect anything good to come of this until someone actually starts taking accountability and stops treating AI like magic.
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/ai-agent-security-awareness-responsibility
And a Story For Ya…
I once had to deal with an automated script – not even *AI*, just a simple script – that was supposed to back up files. Instead, it decided to recursively copy the entire file system onto a network share… including all the temporary files and logs. Took down half the network. The developer’s excuse? “It worked on my machine.” Yeah, well, your machine wasn’t connected to production, you moron. This AI agent crap is just that, but with exponentially more potential for disaster.
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