• esa
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    12 months ago

    Yeah, I’d count that credibility as a real benefit from helping with bugs.

    As far as xz scenarios go though, the AI slop seems to be a really bad strategy.

    • Nightwatch Admin
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      22 months ago

      I agree, it isn’t a great tactic, but with enough attempts you’ll probably hit a few times.

      • esa
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        22 months ago

        Yeah, I don’t disagree. And if you hit something small or relatively insignificant but common, that’s all you need

        • Nightwatch Admin
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          12 months ago

          I ran an RD program years ago. Lots of bored and/or poor, greedy devs submitted metric shit tons of pseudo vulnerabilities (“if I do ctrl-u I can see source code on your web site!” No shit, Sherlock.). I can only imagine how much easier this has become with the help of generative ai…