Gary Marcus: Agentic AI Hacking the Internet at Scale Is the Real Near-Term Threat
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-19
Gary Marcus warns the near-term AI risk isn't rogue superintelligence but unleashed agentic AI hacking the internet at scale: with enough money you can deploy infinite bots attempting every published exploit against any server, nonstop. His take: this is basically already happening, requires no speculative RSI scenarios, and we're doing nothing to stop it. Retweeter Stu Frost adds that major labs see such agent usage as post-IPO revenue, so they won't prevent it voluntarily — legal liability for resulting damage is needed.
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