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Will A.I. Be a Creator or a Destroyer of Worlds?
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In examining the effect of artificial intelligence on politics, especially politics in this country, Bruce Schneier, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a lecturer at the Kennedy School, takes speculation to a new level.
In an essay that was published last week, “How AI Will Change Democracy,” Schneier wrote:
AI can engage with voters, conduct polls and fund-raise at a scale that humans cannot—for all sizes of elections. More interestingly, future politicians will largely be AI-driven. I don’t mean that AI will replace humans as politicians. But as AI starts to look and feel more human, our human politicians will start to look and feel more like AI…
Audio: How Can We Build a More Secure Digital Future?
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Cyber-attacks and data-breaches are escalating, attackers are employing all manner of sophisticated tools, AI is transforming the “arms race” for attackers and defenders. We see the headlines, but is this a future we have to accept? What are the pathways to a more secure digital future?
I asked Bruce Schneier, the biggest name in cybersecurity.
Bruce is a DEEP thinker. He’s been researching and writing prolifically on cybersecurity since 1998, has authored more than 12 books, is a Fellow and lecturer at …
Audio: Trust and Regulation in AI with Bruce Schneier, Internationally Renowned Security Technologist
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Richie Cotton and Bruce Schneier explore the definition of trust, how AI mimics social trust, AI and deception, AI regulation, why AI is a political issue and much more.
Little Lessons: AI Regulation and Data Protection Policies
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We sat down with Bruce Schneier to discuss data protection policies in the United States, and how he envisions future regulatory change surrounding artificial intelligence.
Audio: Perché l’intelligenza artificiale ci seduce? Lo spiega l’esperto mondiale Bruce Schneier
Come mai si parla così tanto di intelligenza artificiale, e cosa la rende così differente dalle tante altre innovazioni tecnologiche recenti? Questa puntata prova a rispondere a queste domande con l’aiuto di un esperto mondiale del settore, Bruce Schneier. La sua spiegazione è sorprendente: non è questione di tecnologia, ma di psicologia, perché siamo predisposti per natura a farci sedurre dalle intelligenze artificiali.
Audio: Evaluating the Effectiveness of AI Legislation in Cybersecurity with Bruce Schneier
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The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity presents both significant opportunities and daunting challenges. On this episode, I’m joined by Bruce Schneier, who is renowned globally for his expertise in cybersecurity and is dubbed a “security guru” by the Economist. Bruce, a best-selling author and lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the fast-paced world of AI and cybersecurity, exploring how these technologies intersect with national security and what that means for future regulations…
Audio: History of RSA Conference. Bruce Schneier. The First ‘Exhibitor’ in 1994.
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Bruce Schneier was at the first ever RSA Conference in 1991, and he was the first ‘exhibitor’ in 1994 when he asked Jim Bidzos, Creator of the RSA Conference, if he could sell copies of his book “Applied Cryptography.” Bidzos set Schneier up in the hotel lobby where the conference was being held—and the rest is history. Listen to some great RSA Conference memories on this episode of the History of RSA Conference.
The Hacking of Organizational Systems
“There are only two types of organizations. Those that have been hacked and those that don’t know it yet.”—John Chambers
Comcast said nearly 36 million U.S. Xfinity accounts were compromised after hackers accessed its systems through a vulnerability in third-party cloud-computing software. The breach occurred between October 16 and October 19, 2023.
On Sunday, February 18, 2024, at the Munich Security Conference, FBI Director Christopher Wray said China’s cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure are “unprecedented.”
AT&T announced that the cause of its 12-hour nationwide outage on February 22, 2024, was the “execution of an incorrect process,” not a cyberattack. In simpler terms, the company admitted to human error…
Harvard Technologist Encourages Use of AI to Protect Democracy
Exploring ways in which generative artificial intelligence will affect democracy, prominent Harvard lecturer and public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier said it’s important for people to look both ways and to be unafraid of using the technology when it can help.
Schneier said he foresees an “arms race” where those who fail to engage with the technology will quickly lose ground to those who do. He offered examples of how AI can be used throughout the democratic process, including to augment polling, fundraising and campaign strategies in electoral politics, and to more routinely submit comments to regulatory agencies, craft legislation, and improve law enforcement…
Audio: Bruce Schneier Predicts a Future of AI-Powered Mass Spying
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If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligence will bring about an era of mass spying.
That’s the latest prediction from noted cryptographer and computer security professional Bruce Schneier, who, in December, shared a vision of the near future where artificial intelligence—AI—will be able to comb through reams of surveillance data to answer the types of questions that, previously, only humans could.
“Spying is limited by the need for human labor,” Schneier wrote. “AI is about to change that.”…
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