USENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?

Name: USENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
Description: James Mickens's humorous USENIX Security keynote argues that improving security and trusting opaque technology like machine learning is far harder than the industry admits.

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James Mickens's humorous USENIX Security keynote argues that improving security and trusting opaque technology like machine learning is far harder than the industry admits.

HN considers it a classic, hilarious and sobering talk on ML inscrutability and tech hubris, often rewatched.

20 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2026

Topics

Security & hacking
Satire & parody
Machine learning & deep learning

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