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Why Powerful But Hard To Detect Backdoors Could Become A Routine Problem For Open Source Projects Because Of AI (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not just a problem for open source, surely? The answer is to use AI to scan contributions for suspicious patterns, no?

[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then when those AI also have issues do we use the AI to check the AI for the AI?

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Its turtles all the way down.

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