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AI doomsday fears: Experts debate LLMs finding unpatchable zero-day exploits

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A discussion on Lobste.rs explores concerns that increasingly capable LLMs could discover numerous zero-day vulnerabilities, potentially leading to unpatchable exploits. Some participants believe that even air-gapped systems might not be safe from such advanced AI threats. Others expressed skepticism, viewing the scenario as far-fetched and suggesting that a focus on more deliberate software development could be a positive outcome if such a crisis were to occur. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about the future security landscape and the potential for AI to uncover novel vulnerabilities.

RANK_REASON This is a discussion forum thread about potential future AI risks, not a release or a concrete event.

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AI doomsday fears: Experts debate LLMs finding unpatchable zero-day exploits

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  1. Lobsters — AI tag TIER_1 English(EN) · by LenFalken ·

    How are you protecting yourself against the imminent AI dooms zero day?

    <p>Above all this is a fun discussion. Don't get too serious :)</p> <hr /> <p>As LLMs get better and better at pattern matching against vulnerabilities, and gaining better logical inference, it's a matter of time until a human or a group of humans and an LLM(s) find a plethora of…

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