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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\nOUTLINE:
\n00:00 - Introduction
\n01:53 - Will software always have security vulnerabilities?
\n09:06 - Human are the weakest link in security
\n16:50 - Adversarial machine learning
\n51:27 - Adversarial attacks on Tesla Autopilot and self-driving cars
\n57:33 - Privacy attacks
\n1:05:47 - Ownership of data
\n1:22:13 - Blockchain and cryptocurrency
\n1:32:13 - Program synthesis
\n1:44:57 - A journey from physics to computer science
\n1:56:03 - US and China
\n1:58:19 - Transformative moment
\n2:00:02 - Meaning of life