Halvar Flake: stolen keys hit cost limits fast, 0days cost thousands, models can't administer even small fleets
halvarflake · x · 2026-09-14
Halvar Flake rebuts Saxe's hybrid-inference botnet idea with three points: stolen keys would quickly hit cost limits and anomaly detection, finding good 0day exploits easily costs thousands of dollars, and current models are empirically bad at administering even a few machines.
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