Artificial intelligence can broadly refer to many technologies, from large language models and generative tools to actual science fiction A.I. like Skynet or that one Will Smith movie.
The current wave of AI (roughly 2022–present) is dominated by transformer-based large language models that can generate text, code, and images. The capabilities continue to grow at a rapid pace. So are the risks: hallucination, deepfake-enabled scams, labor displacement, and the erosion of the ability to distinguish human from machine.
Some interesting cases with AI, to me, involve Security, Privacy, and skill augmentation. How these tools change the threat landscape (AI-powered phishing, voice cloning, automated vulnerability discovery) and how we can use AI to defend against AI. The reshaping of what “trust” means when you can no longer assume a message, image, or voice is from a real person.