Comment by dwa3592
8 hours ago
It's the scale problem (both speed and access) with LLMs. Don't you think the barrier to entry for hacking has become lower with LLMs?
8 hours ago
It's the scale problem (both speed and access) with LLMs. Don't you think the barrier to entry for hacking has become lower with LLMs?
Not really. Firstly, speed and access are actually money problems.
Secondly, motivated state actors have no dearth of money. It's not like the Chinese are saying "oh it would cost a bit too much to infiltrate all US financial systems, we'd have done it if it cost less."
If it can be done, it would've already been done. No party that matters is materially "unblocked" by the advent of LLMs.
I think I disagree with your premise.
If china as a state wanted to do something nefarious they would just do it. They have no interest in hacking regular folk's bank accounts. It's the criminal rings (around the world) who are interested in doing so and LLMs (and other types of AI models) can 100% help them scale their operations. I built a voice cloning app last summer with GPT4.5. It needed 5 seconds of sample to clone someone's voice and it was shocking that it was possible. I showed it to my parents and we decided to have a code word in case of emergencies. I told them not to believe if anybody called and asked for money pretending it was me.
You'd be surprised how many senior citizens fall for these traps every year.