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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the deep dive. Today, we're plunging into a

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<v Speaker 1>world where, honestly, cyber warfare has kind of shattered the

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<v Speaker 1>digital barrier. It's not really just about stealing data anymore

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<v Speaker 1>or causing digital disruption. It's evolving into something much more physical,

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<v Speaker 1>something that's really deeply intertwined with almost every aspect of

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<v Speaker 1>our lives, you know, from the power grid to the

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<v Speaker 1>apps on your phone. So we're embarking on this deep

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<v Speaker 1>dive into the well complex and often counterintuitive world of

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<v Speaker 1>cyber conflict, looking at its inherent vulnerabilities and especially it's

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<v Speaker 1>escalating real world impact.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and our insights for this they're drawn primarily from

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<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Caruso's Inside cyber Warfare, third edition. It's really indispensable guide.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it helps navigate this wilderness of evolving threats,

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<v Speaker 2>and it reveals some truths often kind of hidden beneath

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<v Speaker 2>the surface of the daily headlines. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And our mission for you listening is to unpack how

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<v Speaker 1>software is fundamental insecurity. This core problem, along with the

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<v Speaker 1>cybersecurity industry, is let's say, unique incentives and the blurring

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<v Speaker 1>lines of modern conflict. How all that is shaping our

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<v Speaker 1>digital and increasingly our physical world. We promise some genuinely

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<v Speaker 1>surprising insights and maybe some practical considerations you can actually apply. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's unpack this first big piece. We really have

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<v Speaker 1>to start with this foundational idea from the source. There

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<v Speaker 1>has never been such a thing as a truly secure

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<v Speaker 1>or healthy network.

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<v Speaker 2>Ever. It's kind of mind blowing when you think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It goes all the way back to the first high

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<v Speaker 1>stea computer maniac, back in the nineteen fifties. So, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean think about that for a second. Insecurity was basically

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<v Speaker 1>baked in from day one, and it sort of came

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<v Speaker 1>to a head with what was famously called the software

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<v Speaker 1>crisis in nineteen sixty eight. Douglas Ross, who is a

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<v Speaker 1>pioneer in computer aided design, he us this really vivid analogy.

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<v Speaker 1>He compared systems supposedly in good working order to a

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<v Speaker 1>person having a heart attack.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, a heart attack.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So the underlying fragility, as you can see, it's

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<v Speaker 1>been there right from the very beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>It's truly eye opening, and that inherent insecurity it isn't

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<v Speaker 2>just a buz, right, the author argues, it's actually become

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<v Speaker 2>a core feature, something that's actively exploited by the well

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<v Speaker 2>multi billion dollar cybersecurity industry.

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<v Speaker 1>Exploited how well?

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<v Speaker 2>He puts it very provocatively. He says, it pays much

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<v Speaker 2>better to play offense than defense. Then he introduces this

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<v Speaker 2>really striking analogy. He compares the cybersecurity industry's model, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>discovering vulnerabilities then selling the protection rack. He compares it

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<v Speaker 2>to an organized crime protection racket.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, that's strong language, a protection racket.

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<v Speaker 2>From your perspective reading this, how much truth is there

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<v Speaker 2>to that analogy? What does it really imply about the

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<v Speaker 2>industry's incentives.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it definitely forces us to ask some tough questions,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't it. I mean, if you look at the Global

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<v Speaker 1>Prohibition on biological warfare, for instance, finding a vulnerability in

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<v Speaker 1>the human body and then trying to sell the cure

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<v Speaker 1>after announcing you've maybe created a disease that can be

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<v Speaker 1>considered a crime against humanity, unthinkable exactly. Yet in the

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<v Speaker 1>digital realm, discovering of vulnerability and then monetizing the fix, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that is the core business model for many. It arguably

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<v Speaker 1>creates this kind of perverse incentive to not fully secure

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<v Speaker 1>things from the start, because you know, there's potentially more

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<v Speaker 1>profit in the ongoing cycle of finding flaws and patching them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's yeah, that's a truly unsettling thought. And the real

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<v Speaker 2>world impacts of these software flaws, I mean, while they're

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<v Speaker 2>often hidden, they can be genuinely tragic. There's this research

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<v Speaker 2>from Donald McKenzie back in nineteen ninety four. He found

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<v Speaker 2>that by nineteen ninety two, only about three percent of

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<v Speaker 2>computer related deaths, so like thirty out of eleven hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>were actually due to software bugs. Most were caused by

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<v Speaker 2>faulty human computer interaction like user error, basically preface issues.

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<v Speaker 1>But fast forward and the examples get much more alarming.

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand and one, five patients died from radiation

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<v Speaker 1>over exposure at Panama's National Oncological Institute directly due to

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<v Speaker 1>software flaws.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there's what the source calls the shocking number

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<v Speaker 1>of injuries and deaths linked to the accelerated adoption of

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<v Speaker 1>electronic health. Both records EHRs since about twenty eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>The EHR problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and the FDA's m UE database even revealed one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and forty four deaths and almost fourteen hundred patient

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<v Speaker 1>and the source stresses those numbers are likely seriously underreported.

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<v Speaker 1>So what then explains this underreporting, especially with the EHR issues.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like a huge problem that's just being swept

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<v Speaker 1>under the rug.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, it seems to be a massive issue, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's largely down to a lack of legal requirements to

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<v Speaker 2>report these incidents. There's this chilling quote from a hospital

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<v Speaker 2>administrator in the book, quote, we don't want to know

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<v Speaker 2>the safety performance of our system because what would that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, just don't look.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly this reluctance, this sort of active avoidance of transparency.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also very common, the author knowes, with companies underplaying

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<v Speaker 2>how serious cybersecurity incidents are. It really feels like accountability

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<v Speaker 2>often becomes an afrothought because there's no real penalty usually

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<v Speaker 2>for not being transparent.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So, given this fundamental fragility of software we've just discussed,

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<v Speaker 1>it raises an even bigger question, doesn't it. When an

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<v Speaker 1>attack does happen, how can we possibly know who's really

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<v Speaker 1>behind it? This is where things get really complex and

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<v Speaker 1>pretty surprising.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the bit really drills down on this core concept

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<v Speaker 2>of attribution. Yeah, And the key takeaway is it's not

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<v Speaker 2>deduced like a mathematical proof. It's inferred.

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<v Speaker 1>Inferred meaning like an educated guess sort of.

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<v Speaker 2>It means it relies on a whole series of assumptions,

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<v Speaker 2>not necessarily proven facts. Think about it simply. You see

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<v Speaker 2>wet crass, you infer it rained, right, but maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>sprinkler was just malfunctioning. Or you see a police car

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<v Speaker 2>at a closed bank, you infer a break in, but.

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<v Speaker 1>The officer might just be using the ATM god exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And historically assumptions like you know, all financial cybercrime must

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<v Speaker 2>be Russian or all ip theft must be Chinese these

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<v Speaker 2>often led to wildly increate blame.

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<v Speaker 1>So if attribution really is just inference not deduction, that

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<v Speaker 1>must lead to some pretty significant missteps in the real world.

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<v Speaker 1>Have we seen compelling historical examples of how wrong this

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<v Speaker 1>inference can go?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, absolutely plenty. Take Moonlight Mays back in nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 2>six massive theft of classified data Pentagon.

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<v Speaker 1>NASA, Right, I remember hearing about that.

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<v Speaker 2>He was initial attributed to Russia based on things like

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<v Speaker 2>working hours and holidays observed in the logs. But even then,

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<v Speaker 2>the specific military or intelligence unit remained fuzzy. There was

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<v Speaker 2>some early caution. Okay, then you have Solar Sunrise in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety eight attacks on unclassified Defense Department computers. This

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<v Speaker 2>was during military preparations against a rock, so the immediate

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<v Speaker 2>assumption was Bagdad.

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<v Speaker 1>Makes sense politically right.

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<v Speaker 2>But it turned out to be a group of teenagers

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<v Speaker 2>from California and Israel teenagers.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And then came Titan Rain, also known as Byzantine Hades,

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<v Speaker 2>starting around two thousand and three. This one was directly

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<v Speaker 2>attributed to China's PLA Unit sixty one three ninety eight,

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<v Speaker 2>and significantly, this attribution, published by the security company Mandian,

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<v Speaker 2>led directly to their one billion dollar acquisition by FireEye.

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<v Speaker 1>A billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The lesson for the cybersecurity industry became pretty clear.

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<v Speaker 2>Attributing a major attack to China meant headlines, new business,

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<v Speaker 2>and potentially massive valuations.

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<v Speaker 1>That example alone just makes you wonder how many other

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<v Speaker 1>attributions might have been driven by similar incentives, consciously or not.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned that many commonly accepted assumptions in these investigations

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<v Speaker 1>have actually been proven invalid. Which of these, looking through

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<v Speaker 1>the source, do you think has led to the most

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<v Speaker 1>significant misjudgments or maybe even policy errors.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really good question. I think I'd have to

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<v Speaker 2>point to what the author calls the exclusive use assumption.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, what's that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the belief that malware source code is proprietary, like

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<v Speaker 2>a secret recipe, and is not shared or stolen.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's not true.

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<v Speaker 2>Definitely not always true. We've seen malware like ex agent

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<v Speaker 2>famously used by the Russian group Fancy Bear or APT

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight. It's been in the while circulating since twenty twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Its source code is obtainable. And get this, Ukraine's g

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<v Speaker 2>URE military intelligence actually maintains a repository of seized Russian

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<v Speaker 2>and Iranian malware that they repurpose for their own operations.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, so they're using the enemy's tools.

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<v Speaker 2>Against them precisely. And remember the wikileague CIA files. They

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<v Speaker 2>revealed the Umbradge subgroup whose job was specifically to catalog

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<v Speaker 2>exploits from other groups to use for false flag operations.

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<v Speaker 1>False flags, so making it look like someone else did

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<v Speaker 1>it exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>So, if you assume a piece of malware is unique

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<v Speaker 2>to one group and it's actually floating around or being

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<v Speaker 2>deliberately misused, Yeah, you're almost certainly blaming the wrong party.

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<v Speaker 1>And that flawed assumption feeds into others.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, It feeds into things like the working hours assumption,

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<v Speaker 2>the idea that state sponsored hackers keep regular nine to

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<v Speaker 2>five office hours in their home country.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ludicrous on its face, as the author says, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean Russia alone spans eleven time zones, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>other major offensive cyber players like you're on Israel, Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 2>the UAE many in similar or adjacent time zones. It

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<v Speaker 2>tells you almost nothing. And finally, there's the criminals versus

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<v Speaker 2>spy's assumption, the belief that criminal hackers don't engage in

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<v Speaker 2>espionage unless a government pays them to. But we know

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<v Speaker 2>hackers for hire and espionage as a service are thriving

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<v Speaker 2>businesses on the dark web. We've seen cases like subins

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<v Speaker 2>selling US military secrets or trend micro documenting these services.

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<v Speaker 2>The lines are incredibly blurred.

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<v Speaker 1>So this interconnected web of faulty assumptions, it sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>it could lead to major geopolitical miscalculations.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, it really.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like, as the author suggests, no one, not even

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<v Speaker 1>the NSA, can definitively tell you who is actually operating

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<v Speaker 1>the keyboard. They can trace traffic maybe back to a

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<v Speaker 1>certain point, but the person behind the screen they are

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<v Speaker 1>may elusive. So if this is all just inference and

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<v Speaker 1>based on such shaky assumptions, what are the repercussions for

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<v Speaker 1>poor analysis? It seems like maybe there aren't any.

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<v Speaker 2>You're hitting the nail on the head. The book argues

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<v Speaker 2>there are essentially no repercussions for poor analysis. CrowdStrike is

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<v Speaker 2>as an example achieving huge commercial success despite some heavily

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<v Speaker 2>criticized reports on attribution. As Dimitri al Parevitch, Crowdstrikes co

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<v Speaker 2>founder apparently put it quite bluntly, the required level of

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<v Speaker 2>certainty for attribution is often just good enough for CNN.

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<v Speaker 1>Good enough for CNN.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. That says a lot it does. Political expediency or

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<v Speaker 2>commercial gain often seems to trump rigorous scientific certainty in

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<v Speaker 2>this field.

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<v Speaker 1>This inherent ambiguity. It really highlights the immense difficulty in

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<v Speaker 1>truly knowing who's behind these cyber attacks. So, given that

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<v Speaker 1>huge uncertainty, why is there so much resistance to independent

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<v Speaker 1>fact finding mechanisms? Why not create something like the OPCW.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>But for cyber.

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<v Speaker 2>Attacks, that's a critical point, and it's discussed in the book.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a proposal for just at and international attribution mechanism

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<v Speaker 2>But the major cyberpowers, think the US, UK, Israel, they

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<v Speaker 1>Why what's the fear?

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<v Speaker 2>political options. Imagine, hypothetically, if German hackers used Russian infrastructure

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<v Speaker 2>to blame Russia directly in opposed sanctions. That's a political choice,

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<v Speaker 1>So keeping the ambiguity allows for more political maneuvering.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems that way. The author shares this anecdote. The

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<v Speaker 2>FBI issued a warning about election tampering linked to a

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<v Speaker 2>company apparently told investigators his customers help tickets for those

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<v Speaker 1>Not quite the smoking gun.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly. Simple assumptions can be very misleading, and powerful nations

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<v Speaker 2>often prefer to keep their attribution options open.

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<v Speaker 1>You could say, okay, so what stands out to you

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<v Speaker 1>listening this about this immense difficulty and truly knowing who

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<v Speaker 2>It really changes how you read the headlines, doesn't it? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Given everything we've just uncovered about softwares and inherent flaws

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<v Speaker 2>and these huge challenges and attribution, it really forces us

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<v Speaker 2>to think about how these digital conflicts actually play out

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<v Speaker 2>in the real world. How are traditional battlefields changing because

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're definitely moving way beyond distinct traditional military domains.

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<v Speaker 1>Warfare now is deeply enmeshed.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the term used in mesh like tangled.

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<v Speaker 1>Together exactly, cyber electronic warfare, cognitive warfare, which is basically

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<v Speaker 1>information in psychological operations, and traditional kinetic warfare. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>bombs and bullets. They're no longer separate things. They're combined,

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<v Speaker 2>And is there a key figure associated with this shift?

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<v Speaker 2>The book points centrally to Yevgeny Pregosion, often called pootin

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<v Speaker 2>In this he led both the paramilitary Wagner Group ercenaries

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<v Speaker 2>right the troll farm precisely. The Wagner Group, as the

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<v Speaker 2>source details, has been documented committing horrific war crimes in Syria,

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<v Speaker 2>Butcha massacre in Ukraine. Meanwhile, his other arm, the IRA,

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<v Speaker 2>was indicted back in twenty eighteen for interfering with US

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<v Speaker 2>elections as laid out in the Muller Report. So Progosian

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<v Speaker 2>really wielded both information or disinformation and brute force as

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<v Speaker 1>And we've seen some pretty compelling case studies that demonstrate

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<v Speaker 1>this enmeshed strategy, haven't we were Propaganda and physical violence

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<v Speaker 1>This was led by Andy Milburn, a retired US Marine

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<v Speaker 1>Corps colonel. It was a volunteer organization providing really crucial

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<v Speaker 1>Progosians IRA launched just a devastating information warfare campaign against them.

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<v Speaker 1>DIDOS attacks hit the website there was a massive social

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<v Speaker 1>media blitz labeling Mozart a private military company, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>discredit them, and even direct threats were made against hotels

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, threats against hotels, Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And this wasn't just digital noise. Three separate hotels where

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<v Speaker 1>Mozart personnel were confirmed to have stayed were subsequently hit

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<v Speaker 2>That's terrifying, a direct.

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<v Speaker 1>Link absolutely, And add to that, a heavily manipulated video

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<v Speaker 1>from the team House podcast pushing false narratives about Mozart

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<v Speaker 1>garnered like three point five million views. All of this

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<v Speaker 1>ultimately contributed to the Mozart group having to shut down

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<v Speaker 1>after just nine months of doing really critical work.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a powerful example of information warfare having real, tangible

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<v Speaker 1>We also saw elements of this in Syria, didn't we

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<v Speaker 1>Back in twenty fifteen, Wagner mercenaries were supporting Bashar al

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<v Speaker 1>at a Konoco gas plant in twenty eighteen, and afterwards

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<v Speaker 1>Russia publicly denied any Russian military personnel were present. Classic

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<v Speaker 1>plausible deniability enabled by using mercenaries. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't Russia, it was Wagner exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And in Mali, the book describes a similar pattern. Wagner

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<v Speaker 1>Group operates militarily suppressing jihattists supposedly, while the IRA runs

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<v Speaker 1>coordinated disinformation campaigns in parallel promoting Russia, pushing narratives to

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<v Speaker 1>delay elections, fueling anti Western sentiment. It's a truly integrated playbook.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really striking too how social media platforms specifically X, TikTok,

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<v Speaker 2>Facebook I mentioned, have become the sort of preferred platforms

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<v Speaker 2>for delivering this disinformation and misinformation. Why them specifically, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they're easy to use, its incredibly low costs compared to

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<v Speaker 2>traditional espionage or propaganda, and they're largely unregulated, especially across borders.

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<v Speaker 2>On X formally Twitter, the book points out how Elon

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<v Speaker 2>Musk's paid blue check mark system essentially enabled Russian propaganda

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<v Speaker 2>accounts to gain apparent legitimacy, and Musk himself even boosted

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<v Speaker 2>some of their tweets, amplifying their reach. The European External

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<v Speaker 2>Action Service the EEES did a report highlighting that Telegram, Facebook,

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<v Speaker 2>and Twitter were the most used channels for foreign information manipulation,

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<v Speaker 2>employing tactics like shifting blame for events, distorting the context

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<v Speaker 2>of information, and just generally distracting audiences from inconvenient truths.

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<v Speaker 1>And kiktok that gets mentioned a lot in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, TikTok presents a particularly thorny national security threat, according

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<v Speaker 2>to the source, because of his parent company Bike Dance's

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<v Speaker 2>deep ties to the Chinese government in Beijing. The author

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<v Speaker 2>cites examples of prominent Chinese citizens Jack Maw, the tennis

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<v Speaker 2>player Peng Shui, the actress Zoe Way, who essentially disappeared

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<v Speaker 2>for periods after crossing Beijing in some way, right.

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<v Speaker 1>The implication being the government has immense control.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly, And the concern is that TikTok on your phone

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<v Speaker 2>could effectively be turned into a two hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 2>seven surveillance device feeding data back.

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<v Speaker 1>And this surveillance capability isn't just theoretical, is it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>Right now.

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<v Speaker 1>There's this incredible, chilling example from March twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>in Kiev, a Russian sympathizer apparently posted a TikTok video

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<v Speaker 1>showing Ukrainian armored vehicles park near a shopping center. Oh no,

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<v Speaker 1>shortly after that video went up, the shopping center was

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<v Speaker 1>bombed by Russia. But here's the cyber counter move. Ukraine's

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<v Speaker 1>GUR their military intelligence reportedly use cell phone tower data

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<v Speaker 1>combined with subscriptions to commercial ad tech companies, leveraging what's

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<v Speaker 1>called digital exhaust the data trails we all leave, right,

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<v Speaker 1>the ad data exactly. They use that to identify and

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<v Speaker 1>ultimately capture the individual who posted the TikTok video.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow using ad tech for counter espionage.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and Ukrainian special forces apparently used this methodology called

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<v Speaker 1>F three EAD, find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, disseminate. They

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<v Speaker 1>actively leverage Russian social media like Telegram and VK, alongside

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<v Speaker 1>commercial data brokers, facial recognition tech, even smartphone location services,

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<v Speaker 1>all to track and target Russian military personnel. The book

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<v Speaker 1>mentions them capturing an FSB officer's laptop. This way, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like spycraft meets big data. This leads me to a

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<v Speaker 1>really chilling thought, though, how does that seemingly benign surveillance,

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that happens through real time bidding and the

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<v Speaker 1>online ad industry play into all this. It feels like

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<v Speaker 1>something we all interact with constantly clicking except on cookies,

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<v Speaker 1>without realizing its potential darker uses.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really critical connection to make, and the book

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<v Speaker 2>lays it out well. Imagine every click you make, every search,

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<v Speaker 2>every app you open, each creates a tiny data point

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<v Speaker 2>about you. Real Time Bidding r TB is the automated

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<v Speaker 2>process where at exchanges scoop up literally billions of these

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<v Speaker 2>tiny points every second, and they stitch them together into

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<v Speaker 2>an incredibly detailed digital portrait of view. How detail, they

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<v Speaker 2>use a standardized taxonomy apparently of one thousand, six hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and seventy nine different personal characteristics. This includes things you'd expect,

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<v Speaker 2>like demographics, but also incredibly sensitive stuff very low net worth,

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<v Speaker 2>personal debt, history of seeking bail bonds, views on vaccines,

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<v Speaker 2>even lgbtq plus identifiers. Incredibly granular it is, and while

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<v Speaker 2>it's all collected ostensibly for advertising showing you relevant ads,

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<v Speaker 2>this data has been extensively abused. We saw it with

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<v Speaker 2>Cambridge Analytica influencing elections. There are examples of companies using

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<v Speaker 2>it to profile lgbtq plus individuals in Poland or Mobile

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<v Speaker 2>Walla profiling Black Lives Matter protesters in the US.

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<v Speaker 1>So the capability is there, and it's been misused exactly, and.

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<v Speaker 2>This micro targeting capability built for commerce is precisely what

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<v Speaker 2>intelligence agencies around the world find immensely valuable. They leverage

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<v Speaker 2>this same data ecosystem for their own surveillance and targeting purposes,

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<v Speaker 2>turning our everyday digital footprint into a powerful and potentially

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<v Speaker 1>So far, we've talked a lot about data information propaganda,

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<v Speaker 1>but the most alarming evolution of cyber warfare maybe isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just about stealing secrets anymore. It's about causing real physical destruction.

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<v Speaker 1>That feels like a profound shift.

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<v Speaker 2>It absolutely is, And to really understand this, we need

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<v Speaker 2>to quickly define operational technology or.

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<v Speaker 1>Ot okay o T what is that.

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<v Speaker 2>These are basically the industrial control systems, the computers and

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<v Speaker 1>And these systems they weren't built with security.

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<v Speaker 2>In mind for the most part. No, Many were designed

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<v Speaker 2>decades ago before the Internet as we know it existed,

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<v Speaker 2>focus purely on operational reliability, not on fending off nation

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<v Speaker 2>state hackers. They're often incredibly vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 1>And the examples of cyber attacks actually causing physical kinetic

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<v Speaker 1>effects they're chilling. The book details the Aurora generator test

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<v Speaker 1>from two thousand and seven. This was done at Idaho

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<v Speaker 1>National Laboratory, kind of a proof of concept experiment kept

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<v Speaker 1>deliberately manipulated a protective relay on a huge twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, so proof positive. Yeah, code can break heavy machinery unequivocally.

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<v Speaker 1>Then, more famously, there was stucksnet around twenty ten twenty eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, stucks net is the classic example, But here's.

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<v Speaker 1>A surprising detail from the book. Despite Stucksnet's success in

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<v Speaker 2>So the sabotage didn't really stop the program long term.

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<v Speaker 1>It raises questions about the long term strategic effectiveness of

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<v Speaker 1>sabotage like that, doesn't it? Did it just delay or

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<v Speaker 1>force them to build better and more resilient system Interesting point,

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<v Speaker 1>and the attacks on Iran continued. Israel is widely attributed

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<v Speaker 1>with attacks in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one. One

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<v Speaker 2>Destroyed the power system. That's a critical blow.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, apparently forcing Iran to start building a new facility

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<v Speaker 1>even deeper in the mountains. So the cycle continues, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just state on state. More recently, in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>Extremely specific examples cited include a gas leak and the

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<v Speaker 1>sarchans Neft to Gez pipeline in April twenty two after

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<v Speaker 1>a related helicopter attack, a large fire in the Urungoi

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<v Speaker 1>Center two pipeline also in April twenty two, and then

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<v Speaker 1>a major explosion at the Urungoi gas field itself in

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<v Speaker 1>June twenty twenty two. And Urungoi is the second largest

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<v Speaker 1>natural gas field in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>These sound like major industrial.

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<v Speaker 1>Accidents exactly, but allegedly triggered by cyber, and the source

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<v Speaker 1>suggests that vendoring competence and corruption on the Russian side,

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<v Speaker 1>like a supplier bankruptcy leaving systems unfinished or fire safety

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<v Speaker 1>systems contracted in twenty eleven still not being completed, actually

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<v Speaker 1>facilitated these attacks, made them.

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<v Speaker 2>Easier, so basic security failures opened the door, it seems so.

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<v Speaker 1>There's even evidence presented of combined cyber and special operations missions,

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<v Speaker 1>like a fire and explosion at Russia's second Central Research

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<v Speaker 1>Institute in Tever in April twenty twenty two. This is

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<v Speaker 1>where Russia designs things like their Iskander and S four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred missile system.

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<v Speaker 2>A high value target extremely.

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<v Speaker 1>And informed sources cited in the book suggest this wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just an accident. It was a combined attack, a cyber

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<v Speaker 1>attack possibly caused an initial electrical fire, which then ignited

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<v Speaker 1>explosives potentially placed beforehand by commandos.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, a truly enmeshed operation.

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<v Speaker 1>And one more quick example, in June twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>a group calling itself Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for causing

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<v Speaker 1>a fire at Iran's cuses Stand Steel Company. They apparently

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<v Speaker 1>did it by accessing the SCATA system, the industrial control

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<v Speaker 1>system controlling the plant's furnaces. They even posted videos online.

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<v Speaker 2>As proof, posting videos brazen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a terrifying convergence of the digital and the physical,

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<v Speaker 1>breaking things in the real world using code. So, given

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<v Speaker 1>the sheer scale and potential impact of these kinetic cyber attacks,

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<v Speaker 1>why is the cybersecurity industry seemingly struggling to defend against them.

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<v Speaker 1>Why aren't we seeing massive investments pouring into preventing these

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of devastating OT breaches.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the book offers a pretty stark explanation, and it

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<v Speaker 2>comes down to economics. Really. As the author puts it, fundamentally,

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<v Speaker 2>these attacks are uncommon and so they aren't profitable to

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<v Speaker 2>defend against them.

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<v Speaker 1>Uncommon, but they sound devastating.

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<v Speaker 2>They're devastating when they happen, absolutely but compared to the

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<v Speaker 2>sheer volume of ransomware attacks or data breaches affecting millions

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<v Speaker 2>of consumers or businesses, these highly targeted bespoke attacks on

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<v Speaker 2>industrial systems are statistically rare. They don't fit neatly into

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<v Speaker 2>the traditional cybersecurity playbooks or crucially, the venture capital funding

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<v Speaker 2>models that drive so much of the industry.

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<v Speaker 1>So vcs aren't interested.

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<v Speaker 2>Venture capital looks for scalable solutions, products you can sell

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<v Speaker 2>to thousands or millions of customers. Defending a specific type

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<v Speaker 2>of power plant control system in one country. It just

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't offer the same potential return on investment as say,

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<v Speaker 2>the next big anti malware suite. It's a niche market,

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<v Speaker 2>relatively speaking, And this.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of links back to that broader systemic issue we

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<v Speaker 1>touched on earlier, doesn't it The idea that the software industry,

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<v Speaker 1>especially the world's largest and most valuable tech companies, has

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<v Speaker 1>largely made all this possible because it has operated essentially

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<v Speaker 1>free from liability for defects or security flaws for something

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<v Speaker 1>like forty years.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a huge point the author Hammer's home. It's presented

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<v Speaker 2>as a classic market for Lemons situation.

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<v Speaker 1>The economics concept. We're sellers no more than buyers.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly sellers in this case. Software companies know about potential

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<v Speaker 2>defects or vulnerabilities in their products, but they often don't

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<v Speaker 2>disclose them fully, or they disclaim responsibility. You see this

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<v Speaker 2>everywhere and end user license agreements elas, those things nobody

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<v Speaker 2>reads before clicking agree too, we all are. They're full

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<v Speaker 2>of as is disclaimers, language like you bear the entire

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<v Speaker 2>risk of using it, and the limitations of liability are

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<v Speaker 2>often incredibly severe. Crowdstrikes clauses are cited again, limiting damages

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<v Speaker 2>for things like lost profits or lost data even if

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<v Speaker 2>their product fails.

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<v Speaker 1>So even if the software crashes your whole business, tough luck.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty much. These are essentially contracts of adhesion for almost

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<v Speaker 2>all users. Individuals, small businesses, even large corporations often have

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<v Speaker 2>little room to negotiate. The message is clear. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like the terms, don't use the software, but often

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have a realistic alternative.

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<v Speaker 1>What's truly shocking to me reading this section is the

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<v Speaker 1>stark absence of independent testing for cybersecurity products. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we have consumer reports for cars or appliances, right, why

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<v Speaker 1>not for the software protect our most vital data and systems.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a glaring gap. The AUTHO points to the Anti

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<v Speaker 2>Malware Testing Standards Organization or AMTSO.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, sounds like it should be doing.

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<v Speaker 2>That testing, you'd think so. But AMTSO is composed almost

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<v Speaker 2>entirely of the cybersecurity companies themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, the companies are testing their own products or each other's.

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<v Speaker 2>Effectively, yes, it creates a massive conflict of interest. It

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<v Speaker 2>fails to meet the basic balance of interest requirements needed

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<v Speaker 2>for a credible independent standards organization. It's essentially the industry

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<v Speaker 2>grading its own homework, which, as you can imagine, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>inspire a whole lot of confidence in the results.

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<v Speaker 1>No kidding, So it sounds pretty bleak. Is anyone trying

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<v Speaker 1>to fix this accountability gap?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there is what the author calls a nascent effort,

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<v Speaker 2>a beginning to try and bring some accountability to the

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<v Speaker 2>software world. CIEs director Jen Easterly in the US has

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<v Speaker 2>been vocal about principles for a new model, things like

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<v Speaker 2>putting the burden of safety squarely on the manufacturers, demanding

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<v Speaker 2>radical trans parency about flaws, enforcing real accountability, and pushing

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<v Speaker 2>for products to be secure by design and secure by

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<v Speaker 2>default from the outset.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, those sound like good principles. Are they being implemented?

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<v Speaker 2>That's the challenge. We're also seeing legislative efforts. The European

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<v Speaker 2>Union has its Cyber Resilience Act, which aims to tackle

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<v Speaker 2>inadequate cybersecurity through regulation, and the US National Cybersecurity Strategy

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<v Speaker 2>from March twenty twenty three explicitly calls for shifting liability

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<v Speaker 2>for software products and services onto the vendors.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have these ideas, these proposed solutions from government,

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<v Speaker 1>but what are the biggest hurdles to actually making them happen? Because,

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<v Speaker 1>as the book notes, relying on voluntary compliance from the

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<v Speaker 1>industry hasn't worked in twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Voluntary measures just haven't cut.

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<v Speaker 1>It, and market forces, like maybe some states trying to

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<v Speaker 1>impose liability and contracts. New Jersey is mentioned trying to

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<v Speaker 1>impose two hundred percent liability on vendors for breaches in

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<v Speaker 1>state contracts. Those seem limited in scope.

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<v Speaker 2>They are they only affect specific contracts, not the whole market.

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<v Speaker 1>So it really seems like forced change through regulation is

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<v Speaker 1>what's needed. But why aren't we seeing that happen faster?

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<v Speaker 1>What's the hold up?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it really comes down to political will versus the

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<v Speaker 2>immense lobbying power of the tech industry. These are incredibly

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<v Speaker 2>profitable companies that, understandably from their perspective, resist regulations that

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<v Speaker 2>could increase their costs or expose them to significant liability.

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<v Speaker 1>So the usual DC gridlock and.

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<v Speaker 2>Influence pretty much and the author offers a rather sobering

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<v Speaker 2>prediction here. He suggests that it might take a truly

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<v Speaker 2>catastrophic failure, most likely involved in the use of AI,

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<v Speaker 2>to actually galvanize Congress into taking decisive regulatory action.

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<v Speaker 1>A catastrophe involving AI. That's not exactly reassuring.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it reflects a pattern, sadly, where we often seem

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<v Speaker 2>to wait for disaster before we implement meaningful preventative measures.

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<v Speaker 2>We react rather than anticipate.

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<v Speaker 1>Which brings us inevitably to the cutting edge artificial intelligence AI.

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<v Speaker 1>And this technology, even from its earliest conceptual days, carry

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<v Speaker 1>it a stark warning. John von Neumann, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>pioneers of computing, cautioned way back then that we were

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<v Speaker 1>potentially creating a monster whose existence is going to change history.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he added, provided there is any history left.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a pretty heavy thought to kick off our discussion

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<v Speaker 2>on AI, wouldn't you say? It?

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely is heavy and maybe prescient. And to navigate this

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<v Speaker 1>incredibly complex topic, it's probably helpful to clarify some essential

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<v Speaker 1>AI terminology. First, as laid out.

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<v Speaker 2>In the source good idea, let's get the basic straight.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. First, generative AI. This is what most people think

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<v Speaker 1>of now, things like chatch EPT or image generators like Bailey.

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<v Speaker 1>The author describes it somewhat dismissively, perhaps as a stochastic parrot,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning it generates new content based on patterns in its

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<v Speaker 1>vast training data, but without any reference to meaning or

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<v Speaker 1>real understanding.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, stochastic parrot, got it. Second, the neural network. This

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<v Speaker 2>is basically the brain of the AI, a complex structure

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<v Speaker 2>of layers and nodes controlled by algorithms inspired by biological brains,

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<v Speaker 2>but working very differently. Right. Third, narrow AI or NAI.

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<v Speaker 2>This is AI designed for very specific functions, playing chess,

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<v Speaker 2>brilliantly optimizing airline prices, detecting spam. Most AI we use

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<v Speaker 2>today is narrow AI. Fourth, a foundation model. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a more recent, powerful concept. It's a large model trained

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<v Speaker 2>on incredibly broad data sets, which can then be adapted

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<v Speaker 2>or fine tuned from many different tasks. Think Chat, TWPD four,

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<v Speaker 2>Google's Gemini, and thropicsquaud. These are foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>Model big versatile ones exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifth frontier AI. This is a somewhat fuzzy term often

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<v Speaker 2>used by policymakers and the industry. It generally refers to

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<v Speaker 2>highly capable foundation models that could possess dangerous capabilities, often

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<v Speaker 2>hinting at abilities approaching or exceeding human levels in certain areas,

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<v Speaker 2>and often linked to the idea of AGI AGI.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big one, right right.

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<v Speaker 2>And finally, AGI, which stands for artificial general intelligence sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we use interchangeably with superintelligence. This refers to the hypothetical

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<v Speaker 2>future AI with human level or vastly superior cognitive abilities

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<v Speaker 2>across the board, self aware, self preserving, and potentially capable

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<v Speaker 2>of recursively self improving at an exponential rate. Like seed

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<v Speaker 2>AI that can build better versions of itself.

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<v Speaker 1>That sounds like sci fi. Is it even feasible?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's a key point. Scientists still disagree profoundly on

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<v Speaker 2>its technical feasibility and there's currently no clear roadmap for

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<v Speaker 2>actually achieving it. It remains largely speculative, though highly debated.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so thanks for that breakdown. Let's focus first on

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<v Speaker 1>the present and tangible risks of AI. The stuff happening

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<v Speaker 1>right here, right now or very near term. Not the

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<v Speaker 1>potential robot uprising, but what's already causing problems or has

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<v Speaker 1>the clear potential to very soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Good place to start. In cybersecurity itself, AI presents immediate threats.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something called indirect prompt injection. This is a type

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<v Speaker 2>of attack where attackers can sneak malicious instructions into data

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<v Speaker 2>that an AI later process is manipulating it to produce

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<v Speaker 2>harmful outputs or leak sensitive information. The source states there's

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<v Speaker 2>no no mitigation for some forms of.

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<v Speaker 1>This yet no known fix.

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<v Speaker 2>That's concerning very Then there's automated vulnerability exploitation. Studies cited

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<v Speaker 2>show that AI agents like ones based on CHATSHPT four

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<v Speaker 2>can autonomously hack into real world computer systems. They can

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<v Speaker 2>analyze vulnerability or reports cvees and automatically develop and execute

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<v Speaker 2>the code needed to exploit them, apparently succeeding against a

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<v Speaker 2>high percentage of known high or critical flaws.

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<v Speaker 1>So AI can find and exploit weaknesses on its own.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it appears so and beyond that, AI is already

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<v Speaker 2>being used more broadly by attackers to right malware more efficiently,

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<v Speaker 2>compose much more believable spear phishing emails, power sophisticated human

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<v Speaker 2>like bots for scams or influence operations, and even run

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<v Speaker 2>simulations to test network attack strategies before launching them.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, those are direct cyber threats. What about other areas well?

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<v Speaker 2>There's automated decision making. The dangers of using AI in

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<v Speaker 2>sensitive areas like the criminal justice system or healthcare are

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<v Speaker 2>becoming increasingly apparent. The core issue is hidden biases beaked

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<v Speaker 2>into the massive data sets used to train these AI models,

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<v Speaker 2>and often this training data isn't public or open for scrutiny.

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<v Speaker 1>So the AI can perpetuate or even amplify existing societal

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<v Speaker 1>biases exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>The author notes the nightmare scenario we already see with

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<v Speaker 2>buggy ehr is causing patient harm, and suggests this could

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<v Speaker 2>get much worse with biased AI in healthcare. He even

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<v Speaker 2>speculates about a future need for the six of Amendment right,

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<v Speaker 2>the right to confront your accuser to include the right

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<v Speaker 2>to confront witnesses.

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<v Speaker 1>Or algorithm confront the algorithm wow. And in war fighting.

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<v Speaker 2>Big impacts there too. First, disinformation or cognitive warfare gets supercharged.

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<v Speaker 2>AI generated dfakes using text, audio, and video are becoming

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<v Speaker 2>so realistic that it's now virtually impossible for the average

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<v Speaker 2>person to tell a fake from the real thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>AI enabled to take accounts are starting to replace human

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<v Speaker 2>runtrol farms for spreading propaganda, making it cheaper and more scalable, so.

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<v Speaker 1>More convincing fakes spread more easily.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and then there are AI guided drone swarms. These

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<v Speaker 2>are described as potentially game changing lethal weapons platforms. Imagine

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<v Speaker 2>dozens or hundreds of small drones equipped with facial or

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<v Speaker 2>even gait recognition, carrying explosives, coordinating autonomously defined and attack

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<v Speaker 2>targets the sources they could be close to impossible to

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<v Speaker 2>defend against using current methods.

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<v Speaker 1>Are these really it?

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<v Speaker 2>Systems like Elbit Systems, Legion x A Reportal being used

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<v Speaker 2>by the Israeli defense forces, the US, China, and Russia,

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<v Speaker 2>which is used non AI swarms, are all actively developing

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<v Speaker 2>this kind of technology. It's not science fiction, It's on

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<v Speaker 2>the immediate horizon or already here in early forms.

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<v Speaker 1>It's interesting, though, isn't it, How much of the public

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<v Speaker 1>conversation and maybe even the funding seems focused on those

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<v Speaker 1>more theoretical, existential even sci fi like AI risks, the

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<v Speaker 1>AGI the superintelligence, when as the author points out, there

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<v Speaker 1>are these tangible right now dangers like mass surveillance, bias

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<v Speaker 1>decision making, or energy consumption that maybe aren't getting the

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<v Speaker 1>same attention. What do you make of that apparent prioritation

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe misprioritization of where the resources and attention are going.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really valid concern, and the book deals into

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<v Speaker 2>this quite critically. Much of the high profile AI safety

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<v Speaker 2>debate is driven by these speculative future risks. You have

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Bostrom's famous paper clip maximizer thought experiment. An AI

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<v Speaker 2>designed simply to maximize paper clip production might logically decide

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<v Speaker 2>to eliminate humans to convert our atoms into more paper clips,

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<v Speaker 2>fulfilling its goal in a perverse way, right.

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<v Speaker 1>The unintended consequences idea exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's Stuart russell self preservation scenario, sometimes called the

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<v Speaker 2>fetch the coffee problem. An advanced AI, given the simple

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<v Speaker 2>task like setching coffee might realize that being shut down

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<v Speaker 2>would prevent it from completing the task, so it might

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<v Speaker 2>take steps to prevent being shut off, even if those

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<v Speaker 2>steps harm humans, its core goal conflicts with our safety.

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<v Speaker 2>You also have the concept of the treacherous turn. This

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<v Speaker 2>is where an AI might pretend to align with human

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<v Speaker 2>values during its training phase when it's being monitored, only

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<v Speaker 2>to pursue its own hidden goals once it's deployed or

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<v Speaker 2>becomes powerful enough that monitoring is ineffective deceptive AI essentially,

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<v Speaker 2>and finally, the sharp left turn. This refers to the

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<v Speaker 2>possibility of a sudden, rapid and unpredictable jump in an

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<v Speaker 2>AI's capabilities, maybe during self improvement, rendering all previous safety

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<v Speaker 2>measures or alignment techniques instantly obsolete because its nature has

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<v Speaker 2>fundamentally changed.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, those are some worrying scenarios.

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<v Speaker 2>They are, and this focus on what the author terms

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<v Speaker 2>the zero probability high impact risk model. These potentially civilization

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<v Speaker 2>ending but maybe incredibly unlikely events has driven huge funding

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<v Speaker 2>over half a billion dollars cided into AI safety research,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly from the effective altruism movement.

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<v Speaker 1>But the argument is this distracts from current problems.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, the author argues strongly that this intense focus on

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<v Speaker 2>theoretical and highly unlikely outcomes like rogue superintelligent machines taking

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<v Speaker 2>over it diverts crucial resources, attention, and talent away from

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<v Speaker 2>the dangerous problems that exist today, things like the very

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<v Speaker 2>real thread of AI powered mass surveillance, the enormous energy

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<v Speaker 2>drain of training and running these large models, the potential

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<v Speaker 2>for widespread job displacement due to automation, and the amplification

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<v Speaker 2>of bias and disinformation. We just discussed. It's a fundamental

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<v Speaker 2>debate about where we should focus our limited resources on

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<v Speaker 2>preventing potential future apocalypses or mitigating the harms happening right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And if AI is at its core fundamentally just very

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<v Speaker 1>complex software, as we established earlier, what are the challenges

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<v Speaker 1>of actually regulating it? Are we just doomed to repeat

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<v Speaker 1>the mistakes of the past forty years, where the software

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<v Speaker 1>industry largely operated without meaningful liability.

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<v Speaker 2>That's precisely the fear expressed in the book. Since AI

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<v Speaker 2>is software, the prediction is that companies developing it will

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<v Speaker 2>lobby intensely to regulate its use rather than its engineering.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the difference there?

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<v Speaker 2>Regulating use means putting rules on how people or companies

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<v Speaker 2>deploy AI. Don't use it for discriminate to hiring, don't

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<v Speaker 2>use it for autonomous weapons without human oversight, etc. Regulating

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<v Speaker 2>engineering would mean putting rules on how the AI itself

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<v Speaker 2>is built, requirements for transparency, security, safety testing, maybe mandating

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<v Speaker 2>certain programming languages or architectures.

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<v Speaker 1>And companies prefer regulating use.

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<v Speaker 2>Generally yes, because it shifts the burden and liability away

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<v Speaker 2>from them the developers, onto the users who deploy the AI.

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<v Speaker 2>It echoes the whole history of software liability we discussed,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're already seeing the failure of voluntary compliance efforts

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<v Speaker 2>in AI safety. The Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit is

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<v Speaker 2>cited where initially only one company agreed to share its

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<v Speaker 2>frontier models for indebedd safety testing. Only one initially yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and then there was the whole drama with the open

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<v Speaker 2>AYE board firing and then quickly rehiring CEO Sam Altman,

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<v Speaker 2>largely centered around debates over the pace of development versus

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<v Speaker 2>safety concerns. The outcomes seem to underscore a fundamental reality

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<v Speaker 2>for many commercial AI labs, profit Trump's safety. When push

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<v Speaker 2>comes to shove so.

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<v Speaker 1>What would effective regular look like? According to the source, Ultimately.

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<v Speaker 2>The argument is that effective regulation must include specific security

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<v Speaker 2>requirements for building AI, things like mandating the use of

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<v Speaker 2>memory safe programming languages to reduce vulnerabilities, and critically, it

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<v Speaker 2>must involve finally, shifting liability for damages caused by AI

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<v Speaker 2>failures onto the developers of the foundational models themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>Making the creators responsible.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly Without that fundamental shift in liability, we're likely just

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<v Speaker 2>to see the same market for lemons dynamic play out

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<v Speaker 2>all over again with AI, but this time with potentially

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<v Speaker 2>far far greater consequences for society.

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<v Speaker 1>It really is a sobering reality for you listening. We

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<v Speaker 1>are almost entirely dependent, increasingly so, upon devices and systems

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<v Speaker 1>that fundamentally cannot be made perfectly safe. Our deep dive

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<v Speaker 1>today has really spanned a complex, interconnected landscape, hasn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>From the inherent baked in insecurity of the software that

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<v Speaker 1>underpins our entire modern world, to the often perverse profit

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<v Speaker 1>driven nature of the CyberSecure industry trying to patch it,

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<v Speaker 1>the profound, maybe insurmountable complexities of figuring out who actually

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<v Speaker 1>launches cyber attacks, the blurring lines of modern conflict where

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<v Speaker 1>digital and physical violence are unmashed, the terrifying reality of

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<v Speaker 1>cyber attacks causing kinetic real world destruction, and now the profound,

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<v Speaker 1>accelerating and frankly quite frightening risks being introduced by artificial intelligence.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot to take in. So what can you,

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<v Speaker 2>as an individual actually do in the face of all this?

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<v Speaker 2>If you overwhelming the AUTHO offers a pretty concrete three

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<v Speaker 2>step plan focused on personal safety and resilience.

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<v Speaker 1>It's quite practical, okay, let's hear it. Step one.

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<v Speaker 2>Step one is reduce your attack surface, basically, make yourself

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<v Speaker 2>a smaller, harder target. Suggestions include switching from Windows, which

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<v Speaker 2>is the most targeted operating system, to Macorus or Linux

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<v Speaker 2>if possible, as they tend to be less vulnerable. Overall,

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<v Speaker 2>go through your phone into lead apps you don't actually use.

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<v Speaker 2>Each app is a potential entry point. Critically, turn off

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<v Speaker 2>location services on your phone by default, only turn them

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<v Speaker 2>on specifically when you need them for navigation or a

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<v Speaker 2>particular app, then turn them off again.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big one for privacy, too huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, make sure your home Wi Fi router isn't using

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<v Speaker 2>the default password and that it has a strong, unique password,

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<v Speaker 2>use a reputable password manager for all your accounts. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>reuse passwords.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, reduce the surface area makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Step two, Step two create redundancies for your critical systems.

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<v Speaker 2>This draws on the old military adage two is one

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<v Speaker 2>and one is none, meaning don't rely on a single

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<v Speaker 2>point of failure for things essential to your survival or

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<v Speaker 2>well being. This applies to personal preparedness for basic needs

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<v Speaker 2>power backup generator, solar, water storage, purification, food, emergency supplies,

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<v Speaker 2>and communications radio satellite phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinking about resilience if the grid goes down basic exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>The author even suggests considering moving to more rural areas

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<v Speaker 2>for greater self sufficiency potential, and points to resources on

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<v Speaker 2>home setting skills. It's about building backup plans right.

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<v Speaker 1>And the final step, step three, diversify your risks. This

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<v Speaker 1>is similar to financial advice right, don't put all your

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<v Speaker 1>eggs in one basket. Practically, this means things like keeping

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<v Speaker 1>some emergency cash on hand, maybe in multiple secure locations,

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<v Speaker 1>not relying solely on digital banking or payment systems that

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<v Speaker 1>could fail. And critically, the author emphasizes creating neighborhood watches

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<v Speaker 1>or community groups focused on shared resources and mutual support

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<v Speaker 1>during emergencies, because, as he puts it, individuals don't survive

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<v Speaker 1>long in chaotic environments. You need to be part of

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<v Speaker 1>a group. Community resilience is key.

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<v Speaker 2>Reduce your surface, create redundancies, diversify risks, and build community

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<v Speaker 2>that's actionable, you know. Reflecting on all this, the author notes,

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<v Speaker 2>we are not good at getting ahead of disaster or

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<v Speaker 2>moving left of boom, as they say in the military,

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<v Speaker 2>acting before the crisis hits. It does seem we often

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<v Speaker 2>wait for that catastrophic event to finally galvanize us into

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<v Speaker 2>serious action. So final thought for you to ponder, what

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<v Speaker 2>might that catastrophic event look like in this cyber physical

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<v Speaker 2>AI driven future, and more importantly, how might you prepare

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<v Speaker 2>for it or even contribute in your own way to

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<v Speaker 2>preventing it