“ AI is not particularly clever. It just regurgitates, reframes and reformats. Now, AI stupidity is when people generate content material responses and they don’ t scrutinise it themselves.”

Rather than taking a vacant shot at the technology, Russ points to the underlying problem:“ One of the biggest risks of AI is it removes people’ s willingness to scrutinise a response or understand a question before they actually respond or try and solve it.”

This isn’ t just a criticism of the cyber industry. He lays this harsh reality at the feet of humanity, as it outsources the very nature of thinking to machines that do not – at least, not yet.

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