Safety-critical researcher rebuts 'AI could cripple a nation' take: infrastructure is air-gapped
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-10
A viral claim argued that OpenAI could today 'unleash an agent swarm' and shut down a nation's data centers and utilities within a day, claiming AI is already capable of destroying the world.
Safety-critical systems researcher Heidy Khlaaf pushed back, saying such takes show how little many in AI understand other domains: critical infrastructure is typically air-gapped and built to far more rigorous engineering standards—which is why Stuxnet had to be delivered physically.
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