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[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Schrödinger's AI: It's so smart it can build perfect security, but it's too dumb to figure out how to break it.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If there are actually no bugs, can't that create a situation where it's impossible to break it? Not to say this is actually a thing AI can achieve, but it doesn't seem like bad logic.

[–] bss03 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rice's Theorem prevents this... mostly.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Another way of working around Rice's theorem is to search for methods which catch many bugs, without being complete.

I'd guess that hypothetical AI cybersecurity verification of code would be like that, where there are probably no bugs, but it's not a totally sure thing. But even if you can't have mathematical certainty there are no bugs, that doesn't mean every or most programs verified this way are possible to be exploited.

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