The missing experiment: nobody has shown AI worms beat conventional botnets
tobowers · x · 2026-10-13
tobowers continues his critique of the 'autonomous AI worm' threat narrative, pointing to a missing experiment:
- Nobody has demonstrated that an autonomous AI worm is actually more effective, cheaper, harder to detect, or more resilient than conventional malware.
- Decentralized malware isn't new — P2P botnets have existed for decades, and distributing inference changes architecture, not the fundamental threat.
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