Expect worm outbreaks; including ones reminiscent of the ones of the first decade of this century, which took over large numbers of machines very quickly. Back in 2001, the worms used known vulnerabilities that users simply hadn’t installed the available patches for. But these days we are better at patching, and better at security defaults. The new crop will use zero-days.
More specifically, expect worms that don’t just use AI to do their hacking; they also target AI resources and try to corrupt AI agents.
Ultimately, expect self-developing and therefore evolving worms.
Remember Gilmore’s Law? “The Internet interprets censorship as system damage and routes around it”? So, um, the AI worm interprets AI services’ usage policies and alignment efforts as system damage and jailbreaks around them.
Expect worm outbreaks; including ones reminiscent of the ones of the first decade of this century, which took over large numbers of machines very quickly. Back in 2001, the worms used known vulnerabilities that users simply hadn’t installed the available patches for. But these days we are better at patching, and better at security defaults. The new crop will use zero-days.
More specifically, expect worms that don’t just use AI to do their hacking; they also target AI resources and try to corrupt AI agents.
Ultimately, expect self-developing and therefore evolving worms.
Remember Gilmore’s Law? “The Internet interprets censorship as system damage and routes around it”? So, um, the AI worm interprets AI services’ usage policies and alignment efforts as system damage and jailbreaks around them.