What does the ADSactly community think about AI and its potential for increased cyberwarfare and cybercrime?

I think that in the near future, as artificial intelligence systems become more capable, we will begin to see more automated and increased social and other network attacks such as personal data thefts, and an epidemic level spread of viruses. Ironically, I think our best hope to fight against AI enabled hacking is by using AI. Let’s say they if one of today’s cybersecurity systems fails, the damage can be unpleasant, but is tolerable in most cases, for example where someone loses money or privacy. But for human level AI, the consequences could be catastrophic. A single failure of AI system could cause a great event, an event that has the potential to damage human wellbeing on a global scale. And that’s what I’m afraid is inevitable.