Hackers Hate AI Slop More Than You Do
3 hours ago
- #online communities
- #generative AI
- #cybercrime
- Cybercrime forums are seeing growing pushback against the use of generative AI, with users complaining about low-quality AI-generated content and a desire for human interaction.
- Research tracking nearly 98,000 AI-related conversations on cybercrime forums reveals skepticism and annoyance over AI explainers, reduced forum traffic, and reputation undermining.
- While AI has not yet caused major disruption in lower-level cybercrime or significantly lowered skill barriers, it has impacted areas like SEO fraud, social media bots, and romance scams.
- Hackers express ambivalence toward AI, fearing it devalues their perceived skills and disrupts community dynamics, but some see potential for AI assistants to improve post structure and grammar.
- Advanced threat actors bypass AI guardrails through jailbreaking, but remain cautious of AI-generated projects due to vulnerabilities that could expose infrastructure.
- Despite resistance, discussions about AI-enhanced cybercrime markets persist, though opinions are divided on integrating AI into platforms for trading stolen data.