Artificial intelligence as a weapon for hackers

With the presence of artificial intelligence (AI) everywhere and the increased use of deep learning (DL), many security practitioners are being hooked into believing that these approaches are the solution for the security challenges. Nevertheless, like any tool, AI is a double-edged sword that can be used as a security solution or as a weapon by hackers. In fact, many security researchers and industry have told AI will be the biggest ally of security. Moreover, we can see that by the increased number of companies that merging AI and Cybersecurity to keep us safe. But has anyone ever thought that these same techniques can be applied to improve the tools and methods used by hackers?