Episode 83
#83 – Max Smeets on Barriers To Cyberweapons
Max Smeets is a Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich's Center for Security Studies.
Hear This Idea · Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti
March 13, 20251h 36m
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Show Notes
Max Smeets is a Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich's Center for Security Studies and Co-Director of Virtual Routes
You can find links and a transcript at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes/smeets
In this episode we talk about:
- The different types of cyber operations that a nation state might launch
- How international norms formed around what kind of cyber attacks are “allowed”
- The challenges that even elite cyber forces face
- What capabilities future AI systems would need to drastically change the space
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