There’s A Bug In The Chocolate Teapot
AI’s unreliable approach to espionage
Facing me across my inbox is a press release from a PR company in London. It’s sent to me via PR Newswire, which is a database where I haven’t updated my entry in … quite a long time.
The release is headed Experts Caution Against Over-Reliance On AI For Cyber Defence. I glanced at it and then I looked again.
The sub-head reads While AI significantly boosts cybersecurity capabilities, experts emphasize the indispensable role of human oversight in establishing adequate lines of defense.
Oh, you need us now, do you, experts? Years of blathering on about how AI is taking our jobs, and now the something-or-other’s hit the fan and you need us back? Is that it?
Ha!
I was going to write more, and possibly quote more of the release, but I think that just about covers it.
I remember the expression “Set a thief to catch a thief,” which of course wouldn’t apply to machines that — literally — don’t know what they’re doing.
May I take the opportunity to mention this?
Thank you.
