Hackfest 2024 - 16-bit Edition

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Keynote: AI Won't Help You Here!
10-11, 09:00–09:30 (America/New_York), Track 1 (206b)
Language: English

AI has been pushed into almost every part of our lives. The most common one is a GPT based algorithm that makes it to every product and company. Is it the right solution? Do we even know what problem are we trying to solve? You'd be surprised...


As we continue to make advancements in data processing and closing in on AGI, we also experience what seems to be an overuse of AI, and as a result, deterioration in the trust that humans have in such AI applications. In this talk we'll take a step back, and discuss the way that AI has been abused (rather than used), the challenges in deploying AI in specific scenarios, and the different approaches that are available (hint - not every AI is a GenAI) to address problem sets.
We'll cover the practical aspects of what do we expect AI to solve, and whether we actually get what we "paid" for (i.e. how to set metrics for efficacy of the AI solution, and measure it consistently to evaluate it against other AI implementations).

Ian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gomboc.ai who are providing cloud infrastructure security solutions.
Before Gomboc.ai, Ian served as a CSO/CISO for 5 years, held senior leadership positions with Rapid7, Cimpress, Amazon, ZeroFOX, IOActive and has over 25 years of experience in the security industry as a practitioner.
Ian is also the co-founder of DC9723 - the Tel Aviv DEFCON group-and serves as a BSides Las Vegas board member.