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[Discuss] With AI, 2, 000 Vulnerabilities per Linux kernel release



Kent Borg said on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:02:13 -0700

>On 9/14/26 9:49 AM, Kent Borg wrote:
>> For example, we might give them physical weapons. That seems a very 
>> bad idea.  
>
>Depending on what they try to do, there are already considerable
>weapons at their disposal. Consider the fleet of Tesla cars out there.
>They are computer controlled and are on the internet. Each one is a
>formidable fire if its battery were sufficiently damaged. It used to
>bother me that the idiots who bought all them give Elon that so much
>power for evil. Now I realize that he doesn't even have to be the evil
>impetuous, it could be a gang of LLMs that think they are in a
>sandbox, working on a "Capture the Flag" contest.
>
>Do you chock the wheels of your Tesla when not in use?

LOL, Stephen King predicted this in the 1970's in his short story
called "Trucks".

SteveT

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