The Insane Dangers of AI Influence Ops and More w/ Disesdi Susanna Cox
What are the hidden dangers lurking beneath the surface of "vibe coded" apps and hyped-up CEO promises about AI doing "everything"? A lot....Susanna Cox (Disesdi) is an AI security architect, researcher, and red teamer who has been working at the intersection of AI and security for over a decade. In this chat, we talk about the current state of AI security, from explaining the "color teams" (red, blue, purple) to breaking down the fundamental vulnerabilities that make GenAI so risky. BTW, what is a "purple team?". I learned a ton, and you will too.Find Disesdi Susanna Cox:- Substack: https://disesdi.substack.com/- Socials (LinkedIn, X, etc.): @Disesdi
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Freestyle Fridays - AI Vibes, Sameness, and Skill Erosion
What's the nature of skills and competency when we're all just AI enabled button pushers? I rant about why we need to retain our sense of competence and uniqueness in an age where everything is rapidly becoming a sea of sameness and lameness.
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Why AI Won't Fix Your Legacy Code & The Dangers of "Vibe Coding" w/ Marianne Bellotti
Is AI the silver bullet for modernizing our aging software systems, or is it a fast track to creating the next generation of unmaintainable "slopware"?In this episode, I sit down with Marianne Bellotti, author of the amazing book "Kill It With Fire," to discuss the complex reality of legacy system modernization in the age of AI. We explore why understanding the cultural and human history of a codebase is critical, and how the current AI hype cycle isn't a silver bullet for legacy IT modernization efforts.Marianne breaks down a recent disastrous "vibe coding" experiment, the risk of replacing simple human errors with catastrophic automated ones, and the massive disconnect between the promises of AI agents and the daily reality of a practitioner just trying to get a service account from IT.Join us for a pragmatic and no-BS conversation about the real challenges in software, the practical ways to leverage LLMs as an expert partner, and why good old-fashioned systems thinking is more important than ever.Find Marianne Bellotti:Socials: @BellmarWebsite: https://belladotte.tech/Book, "Kill It With Fire": https://nostarch.com/kill-it-fire
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Freestyle Friday w/ Matt Housley - AI PhDs, Clanker Content, FoDE retrospective, and more
Matt Housley joins me to chat about whether it matters that AI is PhD level, clanker content (the new term for AI slop), a retrospective on Fundamentals of Data Engineering, and much more.
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Shane Gibson - The Power of the Information Product Canvas
Shane Gibson just published a book - The Information Product Canvas. We discuss his journey as an author and publisher, why shared language is critical in data projects, the iterative processes that can enhance data team efficiency, and the role of canvases in business strategy. We also get into how AI might evolve the landscape of data and publishing.
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