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  • Note: We're posting Perry's new show, "The FAIK Files", to this feed through the end of 2024. This will give you a chance to get a feel for the new show and subscribe to the new feed if you want to keep following in 2025.

    Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.

    In our holiday episode, Mason opens a rather unique Christmas present from Perry, we invite a special guest to help explain the infamous "Paperclip Maximizer" thought experiment, and we discuss an interesting (and somewhat disturbing) new AI Safety paper from Apollo Research.

    Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
    You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz


    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

    An interesting cluster of new AI safety research papers:

    Apollo research: Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming (Dec 5, 2024)

    YouTube Video: Apollo Research - AI Models Are Capable Of In Context Scheming Dec 2024


    YouTube Video: Cognitive Revolution - Emergency Pod: o1 Schemes Against Users, with Alexander Meinke from Apollo Research


    OpenAI o1 System Card (Dec 5, 2024)

    Anthropic: Alignment Faking in Large Language Models (Dec 18, 2024)

    Anthropic: Sycophancy to subterfuge: Investigating reward tampering in language models (June 17, 2024)

    Fudan University: Frontier AI systems have surpassed the self-replicating red line (Dec 9, 2024)


    Other Interesting Bits:

    The Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment explanation


    Theory of Instrumental Convergence


    iPhone Game: Universal Paperclips


    VoxEU: AI and the paperclip problem


    Real Paperclips! 500 Pack Paper Clips (assorted sizes)



    OpenAI Announces New o3 Reasoning Model:

    OpenAI's "12 Days of Ship-mas" announcement page


    YouTube video: OpenAI's announcement of their o3 Model


    TechCrunch: OpenAI announces new o3 models


    Wired: OpenAI Upgrades Its Smartest AI Model With Improved Reasoning Skills


    TechCrunch: OpenAI trained o1 and o3 to ‘think’ about its safety policy


    Matthew Berman YouTube video: OpenAI Unveils o3! AGI ACHIEVED!


    NewScientist: OpenAI's o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it's still not AGI


    Yahoo Finance: OpenAI considers AGI clause removal for Microsoft investment



    *** THE BOILERPLATE ***
    About The FAIK Files:
    The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA


    Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm 



    Want to connect with us? Here's how:
    Connect with Perry:

    Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter


    Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter


    Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social


    Connect with Mason:

    Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/


    Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com

  • Note: We're posting Perry's new show, "The FAIK Files", to this feed through the end of the year. This will give you a chance to get a feel for the new show and subscribe to the new feed if you want to keep following in 2025.

    Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.

    Warning: today's episode gets a bit dark as we chat with seasoned prosecutor and founder of Operation Shamrock, Erin West, about a devastating combination of attacks known as "Pig Butchering" scams. We go deep into how they work and what we can do about them.

    Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
    You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz


    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

    Learn more about Erin West

    Erin's LinkedIn Profile


    Operation Shamrock


    Pig Butchering Scams:

    CNN Story featuring Erin West: Killed by a scam: A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only one

    CNN Story: Hear how this man lost $1M in a 'pig butchering' crypto scam


    CNN Story: Myanmar-based gangs force trafficking victims to scam Americans online


    YouTube video: John Oliver episode


    FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)



    Ok, doomer! Let's talk P(doom):

    NY Times article: Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric


    FastCompany article: P(doom) is AI's latest apocalypse metric. Here's how to calculate your score

    Wikipedia Entry

    PauseAI P(doom) records


    *** THE BOILERPLATE ***
    About The FAIK Files:
    The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA


    Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm 



    Want to connect with us? Here's how:
    Connect with Perry:

    Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter


    Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter


    Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social


    Connect with Mason:

    Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/


    Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com

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  • Note: We're posting Perry's new show, "The FAIK Files", to this feed through the end of the year. This will give you a chance to get a feel for the new show and subscribe to the new feed if you want to keep following in 2025.

    Welcome back to The FAIK Files--- the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense!

    In this week's episode:

    Mason shares how ChatGPT became an unexpected hero in solving his home networking and studio challenges

    Perry dives into the mysterious case of "David Mayer" and how a simple ChatGPT privacy patch sparked widespread conspiracy theories

    We explore Tencent's bold entry into AI video generation with their open-source HunyuanVideo model

    And in our AI Dumpster Fire of the Week, we unpack the drama surrounding leaks of multiple models from OpenAI


    Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
    You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz

    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

    The ChatGPT Privacy Patch Conspiracy:

    TechCrunch: Why does the name 'David Mayer' crash ChatGPT? OpenAI says privacy tool went rogue

    FastCompany: The Internet is Freaking Out Because ChatGPT Won't Say the Name "David Mayer"


    USA Today: Why won't ChatGPT acknowledge the name David Mayer? Internet users uncover mystery


    YouTube: Solved: Why ChatGPT Will Not Say "David Mayer"


    The Decoder: New York Times writer exposes how AI models can be fooled by invisible text on websites


    NYT: How Do You Change a Chatbot's Mind?



    Tencent's HunyuanVideo Release:

    The Decoder: Tencent introduces open source video generator HunyuanVideo and challenges Sora

    TechNode: Tencent launches and open-sources Hunyuan video-generation model


    YouTube: New AI Video Model Storms Onto The Scene!

    HuggingFace: HunyuanVideo Official Model Page


    Research paper about text based sound generation for videos. SonicVisionLM: Playing Sound with Vision Language Models



    AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (The Sora Leak):

    TechCrunch: OpenAI's Sora video generator appears to have leaked

    Washington Post: OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest


    Tom's Guide: OpenAI's o1 model leaked on Friday and it is wild — here's what happened

    Leopold Aschenbrenner: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead


    Additional Sora leak from internal preview


    *** THE BOILERPLATE ***
    About The FAIK Files:
    The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458



    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA



    Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm 


    Want to connect with us? Here's how:
    Connect with Perry:

    Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter



    Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter



    Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social


    Connect with Mason:

    Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/


    Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com

  • Note: We're posting Perry's new show, "The FAIK Files", to this feed through the end of the year. This will give you a chance to get a feel for the new show and subscribe to the new feed if you want to keep following in 2025.

    Welcome back to The FAIK Files— the show about artificial intelligence and natural nonsense!

    In this week’s episode:

    Mason has an update on last week's shocking story of Google Gemini’s alleged threats against a user. Is this a glitch, a hack, or something more sinister?

    We sit down with cybersecurity expert Justin “Hutch” Hutchins (author of The Language of Deception) to dive into his experience weaponizing large language models and what it means for the future of AI.

    And finally, we lighten things up with some fun AI music experiments, showing that Perry & Mason may have too much time on their hands,


    Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
    You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz

    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
    Hutch's stuff:

    Justin's Book: The Language of Deception: Weaponizing Next Generation AI


    AI podcast: The Frontier Today (Apple Podcasts) (Spotify)

    Justin and Len Noe’s podcast: Cyber Cognition (Apple Podcasts) (Spotify)

    RSA Conference talk: Autonomous Hacking Systems - Future Risk or FUD


    Houston Security Conference talk: This is how we lose control - Focused on the catastrophic/societal risks - P(Doom)



    Mason's update on theories about Google Gemini threatening people:

    AI Didn’t Threaten Humanity—The Media Did: Breaking Down the Gemini Incident

    LLM Context Windows

    Lost in the Middle: How Language Models Use Long Contexts


    Attention Sorting Combats Recency Bias in Long Context Large Language Models

    Cognitive Overload Attack: Prompt Injection for Long Context


    Suno and Generative AI Music Generation:


    Suno


    Udio

    Whispers in the Static (full song generated on Suno)

    Experimental outro from today's episode (Suno)

    Wired: US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement


    Soundiiz Blog: The music industry is at war against AI: Suno and Udio’s case



    *** THE BOILERPLATE ***
    About The FAIK Files:
    The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA


    Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm 



    Want to connect with us? Here's how:
    Connect with Perry:

    Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter


    Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter


    Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social


    Connect with Mason:

    Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/


    Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com

  • Note: We're posting Perry's new show, "The FAIK Files", to this feed through the end of the year. This will give you a chance to get a feel for the new show and subscribe to the new feed if you want to keep following in 2025.

    Happy FAIKs-giving everyone! Welcome to the newly renovated and relaunched FAIK Files podcast. On this week's episode, Perry & Mason cover Anthropic's recent hiring of an employee focused on AI well-being, an AI grandmother from hell (for scammers), and Google's Gemini chatbot allegedly tells a user what it really thinks of them. Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed on all things artificial intelligence and natural nonsense.

    Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK
    You can also join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/cThqEnMhJz


    *** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
    AI Wellbeing:

    Anthropic has hired an 'AI welfare' researcher:https://www.transformernews.ai/p/anthropic-ai-welfare-researcher


    It’s time to take AI welfare seriously: https://www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-welfare-paper


    Taking AI Welfare Seriously: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.00986 


    The problem of sycophancy in AI:

    Suckup software: How sycophancy threatens the future of AI: https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-sycophancy 

    Towards Understanding Sycophancy in Language Models:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13548



    AI Interpretability:

    Mapping the Mind of a Large Language Model: https://www.anthropic.com/news/mapping-mind-language-model 

    Lex Fridman podcast interview with Dario Amodei, Amanda Askell, & Chris Olah: https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4 


    Deceptive and self-serving tendencies in AI systems:

    Sycophancy to subterfuge: Investigating reward tampering in language models: https://www.anthropic.com/research/reward-tampering 

    OpenAI o1 System Card: https://openai.com/index/openai-o1-system-card/

    Announcing our updated Responsible Scaling Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcing-our-updated-responsible-scaling-policy



    AI Grandmother from Hell (for scammers):

    Phone network employs AI "grandmother" to waste scammers' time with meandering conversations: https://www.techspot.com/news/105571-phone-network-employs-ai-grandmother-waste-scammers-time.html


    YouTube video of Daisy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_SdCfZ-0s



    AI Dumpster Fire of the Week (Gemini tells an end user what it really thinks about him):

    Article: https://people.com/ai-chatbot-alarms-user-with-unsettling-message-human-please-die-8746112


    Gemini interaction: https://gemini.google.com/share/6d141b742a13




    *** THE BOILERPLATE ***
    About The FAIK Files:
    The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link)

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast:

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA


    Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm 



    Want to connect with us? Here's how:
    Connect with Perry:

    Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter


    Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter


    Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social


    Connect with Mason:

    Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/


    Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pregnantsonic.com

  • This is Part Three of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications.

    Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com

    Voice credits for the opening "Whispers from the Static": Kayla Temshiv 

    This is the last episode we are publishing in this feed. If you enjoy The FAIK Files, be sure to follow the show's feed so you don't miss out on future episodes.

    Links to the show:


    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-faik-files-decoding-ai-deception/id1771521321


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CGEktxUQAbgwQaWB922Ip?si=9-NazIazRgKCDXudoGwAdQ


    All others: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2409237

  • This is Part Two of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications. 

    Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com

    We'll be posting episodes 1 through 3 on this feed. If you enjoy The FAIK Files, be sure to follow the show's feed so you don't miss out on future episodes.

    Links to the show:


    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-faik-files-decoding-ai-deception/id1771521321


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CGEktxUQAbgwQaWB922Ip?si=9-NazIazRgKCDXudoGwAdQ


    All others: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2409237

  • This is Part One of a ten-part miniseries exploring Perry Carpenter's latest book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Each episode kicks off with a dramatized reading of the "Whispers from the Static" vignette that opens the chapter, followed by an in-depth conversation with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, where they unpack the chapter's themes and real-world implications. 

    Get the Book (Amazon Associate Link): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions

    Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com

    We'll be posting episodes 1 through 3 on this feed. If you enjoy The FAIK Files, be sure to follow the show's feed so you don't miss out on future episodes.

    Links to the show:


    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-faik-files-decoding-ai-deception/id1771521321


    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7CGEktxUQAbgwQaWB922Ip?si=9-NazIazRgKCDXudoGwAdQ


    All others: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2409237

  • In this conversation, Perry sits down with Dr. Bilyana Lilly to discuss her new book Digital Mindhunters (Coming Oct 30) and the intersection of cybersecurity, disinformation, and AI. She describes the narrative structure of her book, navigating a world of cyber threats and influence operations, and the evolving landscape of disinformation with AI amplifying threats. Dr. Lilly emphasizes the importance of awareness and education in combating misinformation and highlights the global threats posed by countries like Russia and China.

    Guests:
    Dr. Bilyana Lilly (LinkedIn) (Twitter)

    References:


    Digital Mindhunters, by Dr. Bilyana Lilly (Amazon Associates Link)

    EU vs. Disinfo website


    International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles

    Quote Origin: A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes


    SE Community John Henry competition (where Perry's AI bot was able to compete!)

    [PROVED] Unsuspecting Call Recipients Are Super Vulnerable to AI Vishing

    Perry's LinkedIn post talking about the competition results

    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    NEW BOOK (Oct 1, 2024): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions


    Book website: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
    Want to get in touch with Perry? Here's how:

    LinkedIn

    Twitter

    Instagram

    Email: perry [at] 8thLayerMedia [dot] com

  • In this episode, Perry catches-up with Stephanie (Snow) & JC Carruthers. They talk about social engineering, the DEFCON Social Engineering Community / Village, and share their favorite (and most embarrassing) social engineering stories.

    Perry also gives a quick update on his recent exploits entering an AI chatbot into the Social Engineering Village CTF, speaking at the DEFCON AI Village, and the release of his new book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.

    Guests:

    Stephanie (Snow) Carruthers: (LinkedIn) (Twitter)

    JC Carruthers: (LinkedIn) (Twitter)


    References:

    Social Engineering Community website

    SE Community twitter page


    SE Community John Henry competition (where Perry's AI bot was able to compete!)

    [PROVED] Unsuspecting Call Recipients Are Super Vulnerable to AI Vishing

    Perry's LinkedIn post talking about the competition results


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    NEW BOOK (Oct 1, 2024): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions


    Book website: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer


    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
    Want to get in touch with Perry? Here's how:

    LinkedIn

    Twitter

    Instagram

    Email: perry [at] 8thLayerMedia [dot] com

  • On this episode, Perry gets to sit down with Ed Skoudis to discuss the simplicity and complexities of cybersecurity ethics. Ed's new book is The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity.

    Guest:
    Ed Skoudis (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Website)
    Books and References:


    The Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity, by Paul J. Maurer and Ed Skoudis


    The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I, by Douglas Brunt

    The Cybersecurity Code (downloadable): https://www.montreat.edu/cybersecurity-code/


    The Code of Honor book page

    YouTube Video: Inside SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2023 | Host: Ed Skoudis | August 29, 2023


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    NEW BOOK (Oct 1, 2024): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions


    Book website: https://thisbookisfaik.com



    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
    Want to get in touch with Perry? Here's how:

    LinkedIn

    Twitter

    Instagram

    Email: perry [at] 8thLayerMedia [dot] com

  • On this episode, Perry gets to sit down with Jon Gillham. Jon is the founder and CEO of Originality.ai -- an AI content detection platform designed to help website owners, content marketers, writers and publishers hit 'publish' with integrity in the world of generative AI.

    In this interview, we get the lowdown on how AI content detection works, what it is good at, and where some of the current limits are.

    Guest:
    Jon Gillham (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Website)
    Books and References:


    AI Content Detector Accuracy Review + Open Source Dataset and Research Tool, Originality.ai blog post


    Is Using AI Tools the Same as Plagiarizing? A Legal Perspective, Originality.ai blog post


    Empirical Study of AI-Generated Text Detection — Results as per An Empirical Study of AI-Generated Text Detection Tools, Originality.ai blog post

    A Survey on LLM-Generated Text Detection: Necessity, Methods, and Future Directions

    LLM-as-a-Coauthor: The Challenges of Detecting LLM-Human Mixcase

    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    NEW BOOK (Oct 1, 2024): FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions



    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • On this episode, Perry gets to sit down with investigative journalist, author, and podcaster, Geoff White. They discuss Geoff's new book, "Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks", the state of global cybercrime, and (everybody's favorite topic) artificial intelligence.
    Guest:
    Geoff White (LinkedIn) (Twitter)
    Books and References:


    Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks, by Geoff White


    RinsedGPT -- Generative AI questions/answers from the book, Rinsed


    The Lazarus Heist: Based on the hit podcast, by Geoff White


    Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global, by Geoff White


    The Lazarus Heist podcast (BBC)

    YouTube video: Three Key Types of Cybercriminals, by Geoff White

    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • In this episode, Perry sits down with award winning cybersecurity author, George Finney to discuss his recent book, Project Zero Trust. This is a broad discussion that hits on the concepts of Zero Trust, George's approach to writing the book, his passion for storytelling, and much more.

    Guest:
    George Finney (LinkedIn) (Website)
    Books and References:


    Project Zero Trust: A Story about a Strategy for Aligning Security and the Business, by George Finney


    Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future, by George Finney


    The history and evolution of zero-trust security, TechTarget

    Wikipedia: Zero Trust Security Model


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • In this episode Perry Carpenter sits down with Rachel Tobac to debrief after her recent KB4-CON session, "How I'd Hack You Live" where she... well... hacked Perry live. Perry and Rachel explore how age-old deception techniques are being revamped for the digital age. The discussion spans the future of social engineering, the increasing role of AI in security, and a few other fun bits.

    Guest:
    Rachel Tobac (LinkedIn) (Twitter / X) (Website)
    Books and References (Books are Amazon Associate Links and help support the show):


    KB4-CON 2024 Main Stage Sessions (Registration required)


    Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist, Ars Technica


    The Social Engineer's Playbook: A Practical Guide to Pretexting, by Jeremiah Talamantes


    The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security, by Kevin Mitnick

    YouTube video: 60 minutes Here’s how I used AI to clone a 60 Minutes correspondent’s voice to trick a colleague


    YouTube video: It Was Easy to Hack a Billionaire


    YouTube video: Inside the Mind of an Ethical Hacker


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer

    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • On this episode Perry sits down with Dr. Matthew Canham to explore ways in which AI can be weaponized against us, and how age old social engineering tactics can be used to trick large language models.

    Guest:
    Dr. Matthew Canham (LinkedIn) (Website)
    Books and References (Books are Amazon Associate Links and help support the show):

    Cognitive Security Institute YouTube Channel

    Cognitive Security Institute website

    YouTube video: BlackHat Presentation -- Me and My Evil Digital Twin: The Psychology of Human Exploitation by AI Assistants

    YouTube video: NEW AI Jailbreak Method SHATTERS GPT4, Claude, Gemini, LLaMA


    Not with a Bug, But with a Sticker: Attacks on Machine Learning Systems and What To Do About Them, by Ram Shankar Siva Kumar & Hyrum Anderson


    Six Thinking Hats, the de Bono Group


    Six Thinking Hats: Looking at Decision in Different Ways, MindTools


    AI + Six Thinking Hats, LifeArchitect.ai

    8Li Season 4, episode 10: Artificial Intelligence Insights & Oddities


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer


    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • On this episode Perry sits down with Jeremy Treadwell, a people-first technologist and futurist, to get the lowdown on how a futurist approaches the world.

    Guest:
    Jeremy Treadwell (LinkedIn) (Twitter)

    Books and References (Books are Amazon Associate Links and help support the show):

    YouTube Video: What UX/UI Taught Me about Improving Security Awareness [SANS Security Awareness Summit 2022], Jeremy Treadwell

    YouTube Video: Reimagine the Future of Data, Privacy + Security with Technologist Jeremy Treadwell


    The Institute for the Future website


    Four Questions to Turn Everyone in Your Company Into a Futurist, FastCompany article


    How Does a Futurist See the Future, LinkedIn Article by Jacob Morgan


    The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility", by Nassim Nicholas Taleb


    The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore, by Michele Wucker


    William Gibson’s Future Is Now, Pagan Kennedy, the New York Times

    8Li Season 1, episode 8: The Risk Episode: Black Swans, Grey Rhinos, Angels & Demons


    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer


    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • Welcome to season 5 of 8th Layer Insights!
    To celebrate Valentine's Day, Perry sits down with Emmy winning reporter Kerry Tomlinson to talk about the time she turned the tables on a romance scammer.

    Guest:
    Kerry Tomlinson (LinkedIn) (Website) (YouTube)

    Books and References:

    YouTube video: Inside a romance scam: how to make a catfisher sing


    YouTube video: Scammers are stealing people's faces for live video calls


    National Cybersecurity Alliance : Online Romance and Dating Scams


    National Cybersecurity Alliance : Romance Scams Resource Kit


    Federal Trade Commission: Romance scammers’ favorite lies exposed


    Know Your Meme: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Dog


    ‘NOBODY KNOWS YOU’RE A DOG’: As iconic Internet cartoon turns 20, creator Peter Steiner knows the joke rings as relevant as ever

    Wikipedia: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog



    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate Links)


    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter


    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer


    Production Credits:
    Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.
    Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.
    8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/
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  • On this episode, Perry celebrates the one year birthday of ChatGPT by taking a look at AI from technological, philosophical, and folkloric perspectives. We see how AI was formed based on human words and works, and how it can now shape the future of human legend and belief.
    Guests:



    Brandon Karpf, Vice President at N2K Networks (LinkedIn) (Website)



    Dr. Lynne S. McNeill, Associate Professor at Utah State University (LinkedIn) (Twitter)



    Dr. John Laudun, Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Website)



    Lev Gorelov, Research Director at Handshake Consulting (LinkedIn) (Twitter) (Website)



    Resources






    Interview with the AI, part one, by the Brandon Karpf / the CyberWire






    'Hard Fork': An Interview With Sam Altman, by The New York Times






    The Exciting, Perilous Journey Toward AGI, Ilya Sutskever TED Talk






    Ilya: the AI scientist shaping the world, by The Guardian






    Meet Loab, the AI Art Woman Haunting the Internet: Is she a demon? A Cryptid? Or nothing at all..., the Guardian






    In 2016, Microsoft’s Racist Chatbot Revealed the Dangers of Online Conversation The bot learned language from people on Twitter—but it also learned values, IEEE Spectrum



    Perry's Digital Folklore episode about AI






    Handshake's Generative AI Masterclass on Maven




    Perry's Books (Amazon Associate links)






    Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter






    The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer by Perry Carpenter & Kai Roer




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  • Let's face it. Most of us have a love/hate relationship with technology and technological advances. We dream about the new thing... but when it arrives, we are usually a little disappointed. Many of us also lament the constant erosion of privacy, the changes in social norms, and more. And, little-by-little, we allow those aspects of new technology to make us numb. We accept the cognitive dissonance of not totally being happy with the trade-offs; yet we still make the trade.In this episode, we explore a few of the positives and some of the unintended consequences associated with recent technological advancements. We'll hear from Dr. Lydia, Kostopoulos, Dr. Charles Chaffin, Andra Zaharia, and Aaron Barr.Guests:Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos (LinkedIn) (Website)Dr. Charles Chaffin (LinkedIn) (Website)Andra Zaharia (LinkedIn) (Website)Aaron Barr (LinkedIn) (Website)Books and Resources:IEEE Article: Decoupling Human Characteristics from Algorithmic Capabilities by Dr. Lydia KostopoulosNumb: How the Information Age Dulls Our Senses and How We Can Get them Back by Dr. Charles Chaffin (Amazon Associate Links)The Numb Podcast by Dr. Charles ChaffinThe Cyber Empathy Podcast by Andra ZahariaReminder: Your 'smart AI' often involves a low-paid contractor surveilling youHow creepy is your smart speaker?Newton's Laws of MotionUnintended ConsequencesElon Musk's warning regarding AITransformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, by Perry Carpenter (Amazon Associate Link)Everything is Alive podcast by PRX and RadiotopiaProduction Credits:Additional voice talent provided by Kristina Leigh.Additional research by Nyla Gennaoui.Music and Sound Effects by Blue Dot Sessions, Envato Elements, & Storyblocks.Artwork by Chris Machowski @ https://www.RansomWear.net/ and Mia Rune @ https://www.MiaRune.com.8th Layer Insights theme music composed and performed by Marcos Moscat @ https://www.GameMusicTown.com/Want to get in touch with Perry? Here's how:LinkedInTwitterInstagramEmail: hello [at] 8thLayerMedia [dot] com