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When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

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  • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN This user is from outside of this forum
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    When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

    I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

    phil@fed.bajsicki.comP srazkvt@tech.lgbtS klara@drupal.communityK ids1024@mathstodon.xyzI the_blackwell_ninja@mastodon.onlineT 25 Replies Last reply
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    • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

      When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

      I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

      phil@fed.bajsicki.comP This user is from outside of this forum
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      @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
      ?
      They haven't.

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      • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

        When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

        I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

        srazkvt@tech.lgbtS This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        @neurovagrant while the post is funny, fundamentally, no, they haven't. what they've done is creating something that is considered by the weakest link in the chain to be something that improves the security, when it does the opposite

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        • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

          When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

          I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

          klara@drupal.communityK This user is from outside of this forum
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          @neurovagrant Not on their own, but Llm's do allow different humans to also compete for weakest link.
          A!i

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          • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

            When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

            I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

            ids1024@mathstodon.xyzI This user is from outside of this forum
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            @neurovagrant The weakest link is a mediocre statistical approximation of the human.

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            • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

              @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
              ?
              They haven't.

              endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE This user is from outside of this forum
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              @phil @neurovagrant
              Most humans don't copy/paste commands from ticket titles into their shells...

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              • endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE endlessmason@hachyderm.io

                @phil @neurovagrant
                Most humans don't copy/paste commands from ticket titles into their shells...

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                @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                Sorry,
                who decided to, and then gave these tools access to do so?

                Putting a non-deterministic tool with """safeguards""" there has very predictable consequences. If not humans, who exactly is to blame for this mess?

                Cause it sure isn't a pile of numbers.

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                • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

                  @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                  Sorry,
                  who decided to, and then gave these tools access to do so?

                  Putting a non-deterministic tool with """safeguards""" there has very predictable consequences. If not humans, who exactly is to blame for this mess?

                  Cause it sure isn't a pile of numbers.

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                  @phil @neurovagrant
                  Oh I see. In that case we should blame the fundamental forces of the universe for kicking off formation of planets and bootstrapping abiogenesis and evolution.

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                  • endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE endlessmason@hachyderm.io

                    @phil @neurovagrant
                    Most humans don't copy/paste commands from ticket titles into their shells...

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                    @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org As a sidenote, I've seen things you wouldn't believe in the last few months that has me genuinely convinced that it's humans that made LLMs look bad, rather than LLMs being bad intrinsically (aside from the copyright issues, power drain, freshwater use, global warming, financial abuse, privacy issues, deals with government...).

                    The math models (locally hosted, fitting on gaming GPUs) can be fairly easily be made useful and helpful (a few days of effort after work) in menial tasks that can't be completed deterministically, provided basic oversight. They cost pennies, and they're private.

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                    • endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE endlessmason@hachyderm.io

                      @phil @neurovagrant
                      Oh I see. In that case we should blame the fundamental forces of the universe for kicking off formation of planets and bootstrapping abiogenesis and evolution.

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                      @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                      To my knowledge, the fundamental forces of the universe, just like dead matter (including LLMs), don't have agency of their own.

                      Humans do.

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                      • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

                        @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                        To my knowledge, the fundamental forces of the universe, just like dead matter (including LLMs), don't have agency of their own.

                        Humans do.

                        neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @phil @EndlessMason "guns don't kill people" hasn't been convincing for decades.

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                        • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

                          @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org As a sidenote, I've seen things you wouldn't believe in the last few months that has me genuinely convinced that it's humans that made LLMs look bad, rather than LLMs being bad intrinsically (aside from the copyright issues, power drain, freshwater use, global warming, financial abuse, privacy issues, deals with government...).

                          The math models (locally hosted, fitting on gaming GPUs) can be fairly easily be made useful and helpful (a few days of effort after work) in menial tasks that can't be completed deterministically, provided basic oversight. They cost pennies, and they're private.

                          endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @phil @neurovagrant
                          HahhahahahhahhahhahhhahhHhHahjahahhahahahhahahhahahhaHhHHHhz aside from escalating the rate at which we're rendering the hahhhha planet unliveable hahHahahjhaha fucking good point man. Oh boy

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                          • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

                            @phil @EndlessMason "guns don't kill people" hasn't been convincing for decades.

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                            @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io
                            Guns, like any tool, need to be carefully managed by any human owning/ controlling them. LLMs can do a crapload of damage, but they can't be held accountable, just like a computer can't be held accountable for what sysadmins do.

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                            • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

                              @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                              To my knowledge, the fundamental forces of the universe, just like dead matter (including LLMs), don't have agency of their own.

                              Humans do.

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                              @phil @neurovagrant
                              I don't.

                              I'm a stimulus-response machine. I'm governed by the laws of physics exclusively.

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                              • endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE endlessmason@hachyderm.io

                                @phil @neurovagrant
                                HahhahahahhahhahhahhhahhHhHahjahahhahahahhahahhahahhaHhHHHhz aside from escalating the rate at which we're rendering the hahhhha planet unliveable hahHahahjhaha fucking good point man. Oh boy

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                                @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                                Running Qwen3.5 on my 7900xtx eats as much power as running any video game. I have zero issue with running LLMs locally to assist with my journals/ notes. Nothing compared to a data center.

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                                • phil@fed.bajsicki.comP phil@fed.bajsicki.com

                                  @EndlessMason@hachyderm.io @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
                                  Running Qwen3.5 on my 7900xtx eats as much power as running any video game. I have zero issue with running LLMs locally to assist with my journals/ notes. Nothing compared to a data center.

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                                  @phil @EndlessMason this has gotten a bit tedious for me, if y'all want to continue, please start a thread between yourselves/untag me, thanks

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                                  • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

                                    When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

                                    I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

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                                    @neurovagrant We invented tech vulnerable to classic computer viruses, and social engineering too! Best of both worlds!

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                                    • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

                                      @phil @EndlessMason this has gotten a bit tedious for me, if y'all want to continue, please start a thread between yourselves/untag me, thanks

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                                      @neurovagrant nah I'm good

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                                      • endlessmason@hachyderm.ioE endlessmason@hachyderm.io

                                        @neurovagrant nah I'm good

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                                        @EndlessMason i hear that

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                                        • neurovagrant@masto.deoan.orgN neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

                                          When I started in security, one of the prevailing attitudes was "The weakest link in the chain will always be the human."

                                          I would like to thank every LLM provider and startup for changing this paradigm by introducing a much weaker link in the chain.

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                                          @neurovagrant i suspect we have two weak links now, great!

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