Ajeya Cotra on Dwarkesh: AI-Powered Hacking Is About to Get Out of Control
Dwarkesh Patel · youtube · 2026-09-09
Dwarkesh Patel releases a conversation with AI safety researcher Ajeya Cotra on why hacking is about to spiral out of control: AI-driven offensive capabilities will let attackers find and weaponize vulnerabilities at machine speed, shifting the offense-defense balance dramatically. They discuss how frontier labs should weigh cyber misuse risk and how institutions can prepare.
Related event: Ajeya Cotra Warns AI-Driven Hacking Is About to Spiral(2 posts)→
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