[Discuss] Is open source more secure at the current level of AI?

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 4/11/26 9:53 AM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:08:37 -0700
> Kent Borg<kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
>
>> 1. Open source means bad guys can look at the source, this is a real
>> risk for open source.
> This is the false dichotomy that the "proprietary is more secure"
> argument hinges on.

Certainly closed source sources can be had on occasion. Duh. But open 
source is trivial to get. Want to aim some AI at open source sources? 
Easy, burn the tokens and electricity, and find bugs. Want to do it to 
close source sources? Gotta go be clever about getting them, and 
sometimes clever isn't even enough.

Just because the "closed source is better"-crowd makes an argument 
doesn't mean the argument is garbage. (Trump sometimes says something 
that is true, too. So?)

-kb