Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"When asked directly about the most pressing digital threats, be it AI misuse or quantum computing, Schneier quipped. "I generally hate ranking threats, but if I had to pick candidates for 'biggest,' it would be one of these: income inequality, late-stage capitalism, or climate change," he wrote. "Compared to those, cybersecurity is a rounding error."<br>(...)<br>Asked directly about NSA reforms post-Snowden, Schneier was skeptical, responding: "Well, they haven't had any leaks of any magnitude since then, so hopefully they did learn something about OPSEC. But near as we can tell, nothing substantive has been reformed."</p><p>Schneier further clarified, "We should assume that the NSA has developed far more extensive surveillance technology since then," stressing the importance of vigilance.</p><p>He touched on the fusion of AI and democracy - a theme of his upcoming book Rewiring Democracy - noting that he didn't "think that AI as a technology will change how different types of government will operate. It's more that different types of governments will shape AI."</p><p>He is pessimistic that countries will harness AI's power to do good and help improving quality of life.</p><p>"It would be fantastic if governments prioritized these things," he said. "[This] seems unrealistic in a world where countries are imagining some sort of AI 'arms race' and where monopolistic corporations are controlling the technologies. To me, that speaks to the solutions: international cooperation and breaking the tech monopolies. And, yes, those are two things that are not going to happen.""</p><p><a href="https://www.scworld.com/news/bruce-schneier-ai-hype-nsa-surveillance-and-cybersecuritys-real-challenges" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scworld.com/news/bruce-schneie</span><span class="invisible">r-ai-hype-nsa-surveillance-and-cybersecuritys-real-challenges</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AISafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISafety</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a></p>