Greg Brockman: AI makes hacking 100x more profitable and easier, upending hacker economics
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-23
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman argues that what has held most people back from hacking is that being a good guy pays better — so most hackers were low-skill. But with AI making attacks both 100x more profitable and easier, that equilibrium may no longer hold.
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