I’d like to dialogue/debate you on a video call if you’re interested. I don’t think I agree with you but you’re thoughtful and I may have something to learn. Let me know if you’re interested

> That’s like blaming white hat security researchers that want to be paid for finding vulnerabilities, for all the bugs that have been found.

Last I checked, white hat security researchers weren't making their livings selling superhuman hacking tools to unknown entities as part of ~$1T businesses desperate to offload their shares onto the public before a potential bubble pop.

If you want to argue what they're doing is fine regardless, be my guest, but using this comparison as the justification is a little ridiculous.

You’re missing the point. The white hat researchers in your example would need to also be the black hat hackers selling the tools to do the exploit in the first place. There is a conflict of interest when you create the problem and then solve it. I don’t think anyone would tolerate a white hat security team releasing the exploit publicly so they could sell more services rather than taking it to the affected company to patch.

Because it is a reasonable logical inference from the facts.

1. OpenAI started the current AI cycle

2. That cycle has exposed exponentially more security vulnerabilities due to agentic coding

3. OpenAI is rushing as fast as they can to reach the singularity even while acknowledging that they lack the ability to ensure reasonable safety.

4. They launch an initiative to “address” the security vulnerabilities by using their coding tools.

Am I missing something? There is a broad range of motives and responses.

No, vulns have been created by waves of leads clinging to their personas of “computer sorcerers”, gatekeeping, excluding anyone sounding the alarm or more humbly attempting to fix the mess. Whenever I hear “with great power comes great responsibility” (and the implication that the speaker is condescendingly containing the irresponsible) I cringe so hard that my teeth crack

Imagine a world full of locks that humans can only rarely pick.

Then, someone releases a pick that works for many more locks humans couldn't pick.

And says: You can't stop the progress. Now pay us to upgrade your locks (no-no, they won't be doctored to fit our next-gen picks, trust us!)

Your comments in other threads suggest an devotion to the frontier labs. In another thread when I suggested they lied to investors and that constitutes securities fraud you questioned it in an overly dismissive manner. I would love to understand where you are coming from. I am open to being persuaded that my opinion is incomplete and I should be more charitable to openAI and anthropic.

If I build a fence out of wood, knowing its flammable, but the only risk is natural forest fire and then some sells flame throwers to teenagers along with drones equipped with fence seeking vision and then tells me I need to pay for their proactive defense drone equipped with a flamethrower and drone seeking vision then maybe you’d understand the situation here.

OpenAI released the tool that FINDs the exploits. They don’t need to publish them to be complicit.