Clown,
Throughout my career, one thing has been consistent.
I watched the PC evolve. First standalone, then networked, then online.
Software pushed hardware. Hardware caught up.
And each time, we called it progress and absorbed the changes into our systems.
But at every stage, one thing was always treated as an afterthought.
Security. Not Bugs...Security.
Techs were so eager to show off their breakthroughs (hey, I get it, computerheads love getting things up and running) that they pushed it live and patched the holes after the fact.
Even now, with all the talk of DevSecOps and zero trust, the pattern hasn't changed much.
Security is still more a marketing term than a mindset in too many places.
AI will be no different. In fact, it's worse.
We're rushing models into the world that can think, react, and adapt. And we still don't fully understand how to secure them.
My hope is that when the gaps show up, and they will, we're still the ones in control.
And there's one wildcard people still underestimate.
The system administrator.
Even with cloud and tighter access controls, someone always has root.
Look at Snowden. He wasn't an outsider. He was inside, with full security permissions.
That's a layer of risk that still gets overlooked.
How will this all play out in 10 or 20 years?
We'll see.
But if history is any guide, we're not ready.
