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We'll soon have FOSS adapters on top of LLM:s or similar software capable of managing and to some degree extend botnets. It's likely something like this will le
by cess11 2y ago
We'll soon have FOSS adapters on top of LLM:s or similar software capable of managing and to some degree extend botnets. It's likely something like this will leak from a state actor during the coming years too.
- squigz 2y agoWhy would I need an LLM for running a botnet?
- Sharlin 2y agoWhat decade are you from, the 2010s? Today you need an LLM, preferably two, to do anything. Just like half a decade ago you needed a blockchain to do anything.
- michaelbuckbee 2y agoObviously, the answer is you don't. My personal concerns are more that we are going to see the botnets get smarter and smarter and more automated. Just imagine if every script kiddie running a "dumb" botnet suddenly got 2x more effective.
- szundi 2y agoOr rather ^2
- szundi 2y agoHe was referring the automatic expansion behavior of the botnet
- squigz 2y ago> capable of managing and to some degree extend botnets. He was referring to both managing and expanding. The latter I might see an argument for. The former? I do not.
- visarga 2y agoThe bot can use the LLM to scan for "interesting" information. It could read emails, see private documents, browsing histories, passwords, etc. Essentially a Recall system controlled by adversarial LLMs. That makes the bot much more dangerous.
- cess11 2y agoNeed is such a strong word.