Texas is the envy of the world with its critical assets. In energy, health, communications, and high tech sectors, the Lone Star State’s prowess with critical infrastructure makes it a remarkably hot target for hostile foreign adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran. Notably, there has been a 5,220% increase in cyberattacks in the US over the last two decades, with nearly 2/3 of critical infrastructure attacks levied by state-affiliated, hostile actors. The frequency and sophistication of attacks continues to grow as society becomes more digital, and the emergence of new AI tools enhances the capability, motivation, and opportunity for threat actors to successfully infiltrate targets.
Fear Porn About AI Dominance Follows The Covid Tyrants’ Playbook
I don’t know what the future of AI holds. But neither do any of the people using panic rhetoric to induce population-wide fear and dread. Reading Matt Shumer’s viral essay about artificial intelligence was like stepping back in time to roughly six years ago, when the world started going insane over Covid-19. It hits all the same...