will give humans the ability to perform cognitive tasks outside of their bodies at scale. Our systems aren?t designed for that; they?re designed for more human paces of cognition. We?re seeing it right now in the deluge of software vulnerabilities that these models are finding and exploiting. And we will soon see it in a deluge of vulnerabilities in all sorts of other systems of rules. Adapting to this new reality will be hard, but we don?t have any choice.

This essay originally appeared in The Guardian.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

[2026.05.14] This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:

I?m giving a virtual talk on ?The Security of Trust in the Age of AI,? hosted by the Financial Women?s Association of New York, at 6:00 PM ET on May 21, 2026.
I?m speaking at the Potsdam Conference on National Cybersecurity at the Hasso Plattner Institut in Potsdam, Germany. The event runs June 24-25, 2026, and my talk will be the evening of June 24.
I?m speaking at the Digital Humanism Conference in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, June 26, 2026.
I?m speaking at the Nuremberg Digital Festival in Nuremburg, Germany, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.

The list is maintained on this page.

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