When we watch movies or TV shows they show AI and hacking as very fast and dramatic
processes. It makes us think that something can get breached in seconds, that one
singular person can take over massive buildings with just a few keys pressed. That makes
great for moving a story along, but it’s not actually how it works. Cybersecurity is more
complex and dependent on the decisions that humans make, not technology thinking for
itself. The video points out that AI is a important tool but it does not have intentions and
cannot act on its own, unlike how movies and shows depict.
Movies and television depict cyberattacks being immediately destructive and their
dangers are visible, while in reality many are more subtle and go unnoticed. This leads the
though that systems are either almost invincible or completely vulnerable. In reality the
truth is that it can be in between both and it relies heavily on the ways that we as humans
act along with our awareness.
Commonly in media sources we see hackers who appear to be geniuses because they
bypass an entire system alone. In real life cybersecurity involves multiple people, not just
one singular person. There are tools and protocols that people follow to protect from
hacking.
Television and movies shape our expectations and can even spark some interest in
cybersecurity. But it can lead to a lot of misunderstandings on how they function, how
fragile and how secure they actually are. It is important to look at real-world knowledge and
not just how the media portrays it to be.