The internet has a human slop problem, and AI is exposing it

Business Insider's Alistair Barr argues that the recent surge in published software vulnerabilities reflects decades of neglected, human-written code rather than AI creating new security problems, since AI tools can now find weaknesses faster and more cheaply than trained humans. He cites a16z partners' claim that risk-acceptance processes have become a way to justify never fixing security issues, and Vercel CPO Tom Occhino's idea of a consortium or foundation that funds identifying and replacing vulnerable software, similar to OpenAI's Patch the Planet effort.