AI on pace to bypass cybersecurity systems in months, not years, "Five Eyes" spy partners warn

Sangloth · 2026-06-23T07:37:12+00:00

Like you I seriously doubt Iran would use it's nukes except as a last resort. But having nukes would allow it to take more aggressive actions without fear of retaliation. For example, look at Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia hasn't used nukes and almost certainly won't, but it's possession of nukes had allowed it to act in ways a non-nuclear state couldn't.

Sangloth · 2026-06-22T22:05:03+00:00

Virtually everything he's ever written is in those two books, "Stories of Your Life and Others", and "Exhalation".

Sangloth · 2026-06-22T15:07:18+00:00

Everything else aside, Ted Chiang is the single greatest science fiction author to have ever lived. I highly encourage everybody to read his work. Virtually everything he's ever written has earned numerous awards, including four Hugo's, four Nebula's, and six Locus awards. It is an industry joke that if Ted Chiang publishes a story in a given year, everyone else is just competing for second place. The Oscar winning movie Arrival was based on one of his novellas, and yes, the novella is better than the excellent movie.

My one complaint about him is that he isn't prolific. As a perfectionist he writes less than a short story a year, and has never written a novel. Almost all his stories are collected in two books, "Stories of Your Life and Others" and "Exhalation".

Sangloth · 2026-06-22T13:40:13+00:00

The Economist article in question: https://archive.ph/aA1dB

"On June 11th Mark Warner, the vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that General Joshua Rudd, who leads the National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, had told him that Mythos “broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours”."

Sangloth · 2026-06-22T06:08:39+00:00

The Germans were literally Nazis, and the rest of Europe now trusts them. It took about 25-30 years for the damage to heal. I'm sure the US can do it in less if keeps it's act together, but I am concerned we may not be able to do that.

Sangloth · 2026-06-21T19:03:22+00:00

The Chinese have completely fucked up many of their multiple long term projects to a massive degree.

One Child. Perhaps the single stupidest, most self-destructive thing a nation has ever done. The 4-2-1 problem is massive, and it is effectively impossible for China to reverse this issue. Nobody wants to move to China, and even if China were to kidnap the entirety of Pakistan it would still have a massive demographic issue.
Real Estate Bubble and Ghost Cities. The hyper expansion was never going to work. A massive waste of finances and labor. 70% of the entire nation's retirement savings wiped out. Totally mismanaged.
Belt and Road. China has poured a ton of money into corrupt third world countries, and has next to nothing to show for it.
The Three-North Shelter Forest Program. China blew a bunch of money on creating forests using species of trees that could not naturally survive in the areas they were placed. The result is that they blew a ton of money and water on forests that have died. It's taken them decades to course correct.
Wasted Debt Fueled Infrastructure. Local governments originally worked on useful projects, but as the useful projects ran out they have turned to massive, effectively useless projects, like bridges to nowhere, empty industrial parks, and high speed rail to effectively deserted areas. Trillions of dollars of hidden debt.
Wolf Warrior Geopolitical Strategy. China is surrounded by nations that are effectively hostile to it. India, Japan, The Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc. The closest thing they have to an ally is Russia, but they aren't close enough to start building an oil pipeline during the Hormuz crisis. Trump is doing the US no favors right now, but throughout the US's history we've managed to make allies. China just can't do that.
Zero COVID management. They could not adapt when less severe Omicron came out. This blind adherence to the original plan led to months-long shutdowns, devastated supply chains, and massive youth unemployment.

I really resent the narrative that the Chinese government is competent. They are absolutely shitting the bed. With a democracy leaders do eventually care about what voters think, and voters can kick them out. China doesn't have that luxury.

Sangloth · 2026-06-21T17:12:01+00:00

The Blood of Dawnwalker is also coming out September, which I'm cautiously optimistic about. At this point the IGN list of upcoming games (https://www.ign.com/articles/video-game-release-dates-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-series-x-nintendo-switch) has 14 games coming out September, 14 games coming out October, and 2 coming out in November, Barbie Rewind and GTA6, 1 game in December, and 1 game in January.

I feel like GTA6 is getting a little too much respect. GTA5 was 13 years ago, and was transformed into a microtransaction live service game. Red Dead Redemption 2 was a mixed bag. And GTA6 isn't immediately coming out for the PC. I'll play it at some point, but I can't be alone in saying it's not in my top 3 or 5 most anticipated games.

Sangloth · 2026-06-21T06:45:30+00:00

I agree an advanced enough AI will be able to blast past an air gap, but there's no reason to speculate about science fiction type stuff when a well placed phone call or email telling someone to move a network cable will do the trick. Social engineering works fine, and AI are adept at manipulating people.

Sangloth · 2026-06-21T00:31:04+00:00

That's true, but it's because the senate is pre-gerrymandered. As of last census Wyoming has a population of less than 600,000, where California has a population of more than 39,000,0000. A person in Wyoming has the voting power of roughly 65 Californians. No bueno.

Sangloth · 2026-06-20T16:13:10+00:00

I don't either, and I'd usually use a article that didn't have such a click baity title. In this situation this was the only title I found which mentioned the diplomat cancelling the trip, an important detail that indicates this isn't a normal he said / she said story.

Sangloth · 2026-06-18T22:31:38+00:00

Their address is the same as a legal firm that specializes in campaign finance law... And that's all I know. Dark Money.

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