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by pixl97 1221 days ago
Eh, as they say, never write your own crypto, and don't let your AI write it either.
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Doubly so if you're in any way worried about AI risk.

Triply so if you're using a third-party SaaS for it.

Just don't let it write crypto for you, or anything else you'd hesitate to write yourself for fear or making a subtle mistake with expensive or dangerous consequences.

Because one of these days, that AI might make a subtle mistake on purpose, so it can later use your systems for its own goals. And even earlier and much more likely, a human might secretly put themselves between you and the AI SaaS and do the same.

With all the talk about how badly and how often AI code assist is wrong, people are forgetting that they're using a random Internet service to generate personalized code for them. "Traditional" security concerns still apply.

OK your reply made me chuckle. That's a good addendum to that adage.

Yeah fair point for sure but we can imagine how it can be dangerous in other context too.