Security researcher: program verification remains far off, tilting AI offense-defense balance
dyn___ · x · 2026-10-25
Security researcher justdionysus argues that real program verification is still far from practical, which currently makes AI more useful for offensive security work — the "attacker only needs to win once" dynamic applies. Mixing secure design, mitigations, and verification seems like the right approach, he notes, but turning it into a turnkey solution remains difficult.
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