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Experiments show AI could help to audit smart contracts, but not yet

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Artificial intelligence has proven effective at identifying security vulnerabilities, but early tests indicate it won’t be able to replace humans for a while. While artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed a myriad of industries, from healthcare and automotive to marketing and finance, its potential is now being put to the test in one of the blockchain industry’s most crucial areas — smart contract security. Numerous tests have shown great potential for AI-based blockchain audits, but this nascent tech still lacks some important qualities inherent to human professionals — intuition, nuanced judgment and subject expertise. My own organization, OpenZeppelin, recently conducted a series of experiments highlighting the value of AI in detecting vulnerabilities. This was done using OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 model to identify security issues in Solidity smart contracts. The code being tested comes from the Ethernaut smart contract hacking web game — designed to help auditors learn ho...

61% of Americans Feel Threatened by AI: One-third of Experts Agree

AI ner adtester-cont AI ner-110" data-ez-name="watcher_guru-medrectangle-3"> According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey, 61% of Americans are concerned about the dangers associated with artificial intelligence ( AI ). The poll highlighted that the number of people who are concerned with AI is three times that of people who are not. As per the survey, only 22% of Americans do not feel AI is a threat to humanity. Meanwhile, 17% were not sure. One interesting find is that people who supported Donald Trump in 2020 showed greater levels of worry. When compared to Joe Biden voters, 70% of Trump voters thought that AI could pose a threat to the larger population. On a religious note, 32% of Evangelical Christians “strongly agree” that AI poses a cert AI n level of worry. Although artificial intelligence is a concern for many Americans, crime and the economy are more pressing problems among them. 77% are in favor of boosting police spending to combat crime. In addition...