The Language of Deception: Weaponizing Next Generation AI

by Justin Hutchens, Stuart McClure (foreword)

A penetrating look at the dark side of emerging AI technologies

In The Language of Weaponizing Next Generation AI, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity veteran Justin Hutchens delivers an incisive and penetrating look at how contemporary and future AI can and will be weaponized for malicious and adversarial purposes. In the book, you will explore multiple foundational concepts to include the history of social engineering and social robotics, the psychology of deception, considerations of machine sentience and consciousness, and the history of how technology has been weaponized in the past. From these foundations, the author examines topics related to the emerging risks of advanced AI technologies, to

The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for social manipulation, disinformation, psychological operations, deception and fraud The implementation of LLMs to construct fully autonomous social engineering systems for targeted attacks or for mass manipulation at scale The technical use of LLMs and the underlying transformer architecture for use in technical weapons systems to include advanced next-generation malware, physical robotics, and even autonomous munition systems Speculative future risks such as the alignment problem, disembodiment attacks, and flash wars.Perfect for tech enthusiasts, cybersecurity specialists, and AI and machine learning professionals, The Language of Deception is an insightful and timely take on an increasingly essential subject.

Genres: Artificial Intelligence, Audiobook

383 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 21, 2023

Reviews

[Mark Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really great and detailed overview of the current landscape of LLMs as well as practical risks associated with the rise of AI. This book really straddles the balance between focusing on problems that lay people should be aware of about current LLMs as well as being sufficiently technical as to not dilute the topic. It definitely leans towards being a policy and application-oriented book while still giving great high level overviews of the technical topics like transformers and autoregressive algorithms. The book is definitely difficult to access without some baseline comfort with math and computer science, but someone with a one-semester course in AI should be able to keep up. As an AI practitioner I find it hard to find content that gives a great overview of the current LLM application landscape that is (1) not written from a researcher/AI engineer/VC PoV (which I often find too optimistic or opinionated about AI X-risk) while (2) does justice to the nuances of LLMs (eg giving a measured take on the risk of AGI and the present risk of malicious actors). Great read, definitely recommend!

[Cris Moreira · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Language of Deception is a very timely and crucial book, especially as AI continues to evolve so rapidly. What stands out to me is how Hutchens emphasizes the role of human intention behind the technology. AI itself isn’t inherently malicious; it's how we choose to wield it that matters. The concerns about AI being used to manipulate and deceive, especially with its capacity to understand language, are thought-provoking.

[Wilbert Smith]

There should be a language mafia for us to sic on pretentious, gratuitously polysyllabic authors.

[Elvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

While overly verbose and overly detailed in some places, overall I could learn somethin new for myself. The book has nothing to do with "language of deception" however.