Brundage revisits 2018 malicious AI report: the sci-fi scenarios happened
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-07
Former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage recalls that his 2018 report "The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence" drew pushback for discussing sci-fi scenarios like automated hacking, spear phishing and lethal autonomous drones — all of which have since materialized.
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