A SAINTCON Crash Course on the History of Hacking and Artificial Intelligence
Ray [REDACTED]
SAINTCON 2025 · Day 3 · Main Track 3
Ray [REDACTED]'s SAINTCON talk delivers a captivating and comprehensive whirlwind tour through the intertwined histories of hacking and artificial intelligence. This presentation goes beyond mere chronological recounting, instead drawing profound parallels between historical security vulnerabilities and the challenges posed by modern AI, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs). The core message emphasizes that many contemporary security issues, far from being novel, are echoes of exploits and human behaviors observed decades ago, encapsulated by the speaker's adage, "time is a flat circle."