Matthew Green debates AI lowering the bar for lethal cyberattacks, citing jailbroken GLM 6
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-22
Cryptographer Matthew Green debated with security researcher HackingLZ on whether AI materially lowers the bar for lethal cyberattacks.
- The counterargument: only a small group would want to use cyber for killing, they fear retaliation, hackers are mostly motivated by money, nation-states already have options, and OT systems usually have failsafes.
- Green pushed back: bombings and attempted attacks happen globally and are far harder than a single sentence, so "everyone is nice" isn't a defense — and an abliterated GLM 6 shows how low the misuse barrier has become.
The core dispute is whether AI changes who poses a threat or merely how hard acting on it is.
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