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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by tikotus on Monday September 28, 2026 @09:08PM (#49886727)
How about they create a virus that copies itself onto USB drives? Getting that virus out there doesn't sound that hard, just creare some crap game.exe and put it on itch.io for free. All it takes is for a kid to borrow nuclear-engineer-dad's USB drive and plug it in their infected PC.

I'm not a fan of using AI, it doesn't amplify the work I do that much, but I'm terrified by what is already possible today.

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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by skydhash on Monday September 28, 2026 @09:18PM (#49886819)
> All it takes is for a kid to borrow nuclear-engineer-dad's USB drive

Do nuclear-engineer-dads take work usb drive home. Are their computer even allowed to have usb. I'm typing this on a dell latitude, and you can disable usb and other peripherals inside the bios.

My last job, I had to apply for an exemption to use the USB ports. And it was run of the mill software engineering.

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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by tikotus on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:20PM (#49902726)
That's how stuxnet got through!
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