Halvar Flake: AI worm's first steps would blow through cost fuses; millions of stolen cards too visible
halvarflake · x · 2026-09-14
Halvar Flake argues the first steps of a hypothetical AI worm would blow through cost fuses and alerts, and millions of stolen credit card resources would be very visible and shut off quickly. He notes his skepticism is fundamentally about extreme computational cost, not the eventual possibility.
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