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What are some good uses for AI?
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I regularly use CoPilot to search Microsoft documentation for me. E.g. I needed to find a particular interface in Entra and couldn't remember where it was. So, I asked CoPilot and it got me to the right spot. I've thought about asking it about Microsoft licensing, but I figure that might result in CoPilot becoming self aware enough to kill itself.
I also use a number of AI agents built into the cybersecurity tools I use on a daily basis. Generally stuff along the lines of "find all the cases related to this system/IP/user/etc" type queries. It's also good for questions like "how do I tune this alert" so I don't have to remember whatever bullshit process this vendor put together for tuning false positives. Our primary SIEM/SOAR tool has an AI which does initial triage and investigation work and it's not terrible. It struggles with correlations for more complex events, usually highlighting events which have no bearing on the event in question. But, it often provides a good first pass and description our first line analysts can use to start a real investigation.
AI is a tool. And like a lot of tools, it has it's benefits and limitations. The problem is we're still figuring all those out and the people marketing these tools don't want to admit to the limitations and they over-sell the benefits, then blame the user when those benefits don't materialize. Given how much modern economies are based on information and knowledge, I do expect AI to have some lasting impact, but I also expect that we'll adapt and it will just be another way of getting things done in a generation or two.