> TL;DR: It's about the "Internet of Things" ^ this is too ambiguous to be meaningful for anyone who isn't familiar with the cyber grand challenge (CGC). the

> TL;DR: It's about the "Internet of Things" ^ this is too ambiguous to be meaningful for anyone who isn't familiar with the cyber grand challenge (CGC). the CGC, as i understand it, is about developing systems which can autonomously detect and patch vulnerabilities[0]. i believe this is interesting for a couple of reasons: 1. a self-repairing system could prevent data breaches (or mitigate damage). 2. this type of system could use its knowledge to attack other systems. on a somewhat related note, i'm reminded of elon musk's reaction [1] to prof. nick bostrom's book [2], "superintelligence": "We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes." though i don't claim to know the motivation/context behind musk's remark, it's easy to envision the dangers associated with a couple of AI's "duking it out" on the interwebs. (CBS's "person of interest" is a fun, fictional series that covers this scenario [3].) [0] here are a couple of participating teams: * http://forallsecure.com/ http://forallsecure.com/ * https://www.trailofbits.com/ https://www.trailofbits.com/ [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/495759307346952192 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/495759307346952192 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dangers,_Strategies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dange... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_%28TV_series%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_%28TV_series...