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| [06:27:01] | <aislinnpearson[m]> | https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/12/ai-agents-lie-cheat-and-st... |
| [06:27:01] | <aislinnpearson[m]> | etter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=8/13/2026&utm_id=2223865 |
| [06:27:01] | <aislinnpearson[m]> | Hi all. Given the conversation about AI a few weeks ago, I was curious what you thought of this article. It seems to me that the money is really in defending systems against AI rogues and I was wondering, given the people power of open source usually means bugs are caught and dealt with much faster than in the commercial sphere, if you think the same might apply with AI? Or is it that you need AI to tackle the AI, hence beating |
| [06:27:01] | <aislinnpearson[m]> | people power? I suspect the answer is probably somewhere in between but was curious about this community’s opinion |
| [08:58:09] | <mstenta[m]> | aislinnpearson: interesting article, thanks for sharing! |
| [08:58:33] | <mstenta[m]> | i'm no expert here, but my feeling is that we are entering a very different world... |
| [08:59:48] | <mstenta[m]> | and in some ways the "many eyes make for shallow bugs" advantage of open source is more complicated now |
| [09:00:56] | <mstenta[m]> | agents can be used to find and fix or exploit potential issues more easily when code is publicly available |
| [09:01:39] | <mstenta[m]> | ultimately it will lead to stronger software, especially open source, but it might be a wild ride! |
| [09:02:09] | <mstenta[m]> | and public perception is fickle |
| [09:02:48] | <mstenta[m]> | big exploits that cause real harm tend to elicit emotional reactions |
| [09:03:47] | <mstenta[m]> | we may see some opinions shift toward closed source in the near term... if only due to a knee jerk "security through obscurity" reaction |
| [09:04:18] | <mstenta[m]> | very hard to predict i think... |
| [09:14:18] | <aislinnpearson[m]> | Haha. I think it’s already a bit of a wild ride. And very unpredictable for sure |