Why Are We All Just Waiting For The Inevitable AI-Driven Catastrophe To Happen?

Cybersecurity professionals are exhausted after a "Black October" of AI-detected vulnerabilities emerging faster than they could be patched, and many in the field see a major AI-driven catastrophe as a matter of when, not if. The article argues the likelier danger is humans using AI to cause chaos—catastrophic hacks, novel pathogens, or wars triggered by AI-manipulated signals—rather than a rogue AI, citing alleged bank hacks in South Korea using a Chinese open-source AI tool and Claude Code, and a report that armed U.S. troops nearly boarded a Chinese ship after acting on a chatbot's inaccurate output. Despite pledges to "pace the frontier," the industry is racing ahead without coordinated action, and the author suggests the world may need to experience a catastrophe to wake up to the risks.