Paper argues AI favors offense as exploiting is easier than fixing
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-08-18
Joshua Saxe shared a paper by Dan Lahav on AI security. The thesis suggests that: a) AI is likely to favor offense in the short to medium term because exploiting vulnerabilities is easier than safely fixing them; and b) mitigation should focus on hill-climbing capabilities that disproportionately benefit defenders. Saxe notes that demonstrating incontrovertible Remote Code Execution (RCE) is often the most effective way to cut through bureaucracy and mobilize resources for fixes.
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