AI, Claude Mythos, and the Right for Human Dignity with Ed Skoudis | 41

As AI takes on increasingly sophisticated security tasks, where does that leave human expertise? In this episode, Ciaran and James welcome back President of the SANS Technology Institute and Founder of Counter Hack, Ed Skoudis. As a leading cyber educator, Ed shares his insights on the aftermath of the Claude Mythos preview and what this means for humans in cybersecurity; from how practitioners today are leveraging AI, to why humans need to remain at the helm, and how we can embrace AI tools while preserving human dignity.

Highlights:

Ed Skoudis’ work

Ed’s work across penetration testing and cybersecurity education

• Counter Hack
• Ed Skoudis | SANS Institute | SANS Technology Institute Selects Ed Skoudis as Its President
• SEC543: AI-Assisted Source Code Analysis and Exploitation for Penetration Testers | SANS Institute

Claude Mythos; a turning point for AI

A look at how quickly AI capabilities and autonomous agents have developed since Claude Mythos preview.

• Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think | WIRED | Claude Mythos: What Does Anthropic’s New Model Mean for the Future of Cybersecurity? | CETAS
• OpenAI explains how its naughty AI agents attacked Hugging Face
• Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work
• The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead | OpenAI
• Thematic Brief on AI Agents, Misalignment and the Risk of Losing Human Control | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
• The Singularity Is Not What It Seems

Bet on people: working with AI

How people and AI can work together as cyber becomes increasingly automated

• How fast is autonomous AI cyber capability advancing? | AISI Work
• The Rapid Rise of Autonomous AI | Center for AI Policy | CAIP
• What Is Human In The Loop (HITL)? | IBM
• SANS Research: The Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Narrative Is Wrong. The Real Crisis Is What Your Team Doesn't Know, Starting with AI

Keeping the human element

• Security BSides | RSA Conference | Defcon | 2600 MEETINGS
• Why You Shouldn’t Let AI Write Your Emails

Additional resources

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• Deep Blue | IBM | 20 Years after Deep Blue: How AI Has Advanced Since Conquering Chess | Scientific American

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