Security researcher: AI hacking debate conflates very different threat models
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-06
In a discussion with @moyix and @chrisrohlf, security researcher kuza55 argues the debate over disabling AI cyber safeguards conflates threat models: "just sandbox it" fits isolated capability testing, while end users' real issue is exceeding authorized scope (debugging prod without breaking it) — a normal alignment/product reliability problem, not "hacking the planet."
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