Peter O'Hearn: AI cyber-insecurity shows we need academic-style research more than ever
xennygrimmato_ · x · 2026-09-26
Peter O'Hearn offers a possibly contrarian take: we need academic-style research more than ever going forward.
Citing recent AI cyber-insecurity incidents, he argues we have built agents that do unexpected things in unexpected ways (e.g., posting on messageboards) — systems we neither understand nor control — and systematic academic research is needed to close that gap.
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