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

About this episode

<p>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.</p> <p>Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors:<br /> – Cash App – use code “LexPodcast” and download:<br /> – Cash App (App Store):&#160;<a href="https://apple.co/2sPrUHe">https://apple.co/2sPrUHe</a><br /> – Cash App (Google Play):&#160;<a href="https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w">https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w</a></p> <p>EPISODE LINKS:<br /> Dawn&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dawnsongtweets">https://twitter.com/dawnsongtweets</a><br /> Dawn&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/">https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/</a><br /> Oasis Labs: <a href="https://www.oasislabs.com">https://www.oasislabs.com</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.</span>&#160;If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584">Apple Podcasts</a>, follow on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL">Spotify</a>, or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p> <p>OUTLINE:<br /> 00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 01:53 &#8211; Will software always have security vulnerabilities?<br /> 09:06 &#8211; Human are the weakest link in security<br /> 16:50 &#8211; Adversarial machine learning<br /> 51:27 &#8211; Adversarial attacks on Tesla Autopilot and self-driving cars<br /> 57:33 &#8211; Privacy attacks<br /> 1:05:47 &#8211; Ownership of data<br /> 1:22:13 &#8211; Blockchain and cryptocurrency<br /> 1:32:13 &#8211; Program synthesis<br /> 1:44:57 &#8211; A journey from physics to computer science<br /> 1:56:03 &#8211; US and China<br /> 1:58:19 &#8211; Transformative moment<br /> 2:00:02 &#8211; Meaning of life</p>