Weaponized AI -- Your Machine Is "Learning" But Who's The Teacher?

After reading several articles describing the methods hackers are using machine learning to infiltrate companies' critical systems, I decided to reach out to a world-renown security expert to parse the facts from the hysteria. Giovanni Vigna, Co-Founder and CTO of Lastline Security, is also a tenured Professor within UC Santa Barbara's Computer Science Department. Giovanni has been working at the highest levels of computer security for over 25 years. Giovanni, along with his Shellphish team, organized the preeminent International Capture The Flag white-hat hacker competition more than a dozen times and participated in DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge, which saw completely autonomous systems, driven by AI, competing against each other in a cybersecurity competition, without humans involved. In addition, Giovanni has been employed by, and received grant money from, some of the most security-conscious organizations on the planet, such as the National Science Foundation, DARPA, the Office for Naval Research, Google and Intel.