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#95 – Dawn Song: Adversarial Machine Learning and Computer Security by Lex Fridman

#95 – Dawn Song: Adversarial Machine Learning and Computer Security

from Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Published: Tue May 12 2020

Show Notes

Dawn Song is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley with research interests in security, most recently with a focus on the intersection between computer security and machine learning.

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Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

OUTLINE:
– Introduction
– Will software always have security vulnerabilities?
– Human are the weakest link in security
– Adversarial machine learning
– Adversarial attacks on Tesla Autopilot and self-driving cars
– Privacy attacks
– Ownership of data
– Blockchain and cryptocurrency
– Program synthesis
– A journey from physics to computer science
– US and China
– Transformative moment
– Meaning of life