Conference:  Defcon 31

Authors: Nicolas Minvielle Making Tomorrow, Xavier Facélina Seclab

2023-08-01

The links between science fiction and reality have been demonstrated in numerous research studies. By speculating about the possible future uses of technologies under development, science fiction shows us plausible futures. In this sense, it allows us, as a society, to popularize and debate the consequences (expected or not) of our technological developments. In addition to this not negligible social role science fiction also has an impact on our current developments. We speak here of "loop-looping", i.e. there is a feedback loop between what science fiction shows us and what we are then led to actually develop. From this point of view, our imaginations are performative, and this is perhaps the most critical issue: what I see can happen. In the case of hacking and cybersecurity, a particular phenomenon is added: the general public's knowledge of these subjects is mainly through the fictions they watch, read, or listen to. We propose to analyze a corpus of 200 fictional attacks, and 800 real attacks and to compare them to define if the imaginary ones are predictive if they inform us or on the contrary mislead us as for the reality of the current attacks.

Conference:  Transform X 2022

Authors: James Manyika, Alexandr Wang

2022-10-19

The challenges of reskilling at scale and the role of humans in fine-tuning and embedding AI systems into society

• The challenge of reskilling at scale is greater due to faster progress in technology
• Current AI systems are intelligence machines, not learning machines like children
• There will be millions of jobs around fine-tuning and guiding AI systems
• Social technical embedding is necessary to effectively put AI systems into the world
• The 'other' job category is the fastest growing and reflects new and emerging activities
• Ethical use of AI is a concern that needs to be addressed