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by TeMPOraL 1214 days ago
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.