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I'm far from an expert, but it seems like if one cloud node goes down, pay hackers to slam everything with bot traffic and the system is brought to its knees.
Correct. Plus it may not be as resilient as we think. Just because they're billion dollar companies doesn't mean they don't follow the tradition of building systems with duct tape and a prayer.
Also even if the digital infrastructure is resilient, what about the physical infrastructure? A couple sticks of Nobels great invention and viola there's now a gaping hole in your power transmission infrastructure or in the building itself if access can be achieved.
Not to mention the diminished teams who are now under resourced to handle their existing workloads. I'm sure they will do great as things spiral because the sloppy work of the AI has increased their workload, not reduced it. As the cracks begin to form on the human side of things, nothing could possibly go wrong. After all, the human element of any system is often the most secure. /s