Does knowing how to commit crime make you better at detecting it? If you've heard stories of individuals like Frank Abagnale, who committed massive fraud and stole millions of dollars and was later contracted as a consultant for the U.S. government, you may be inclined to say: "Yes!" But not everyone would agree...

Almost anyone who listens to the news or watches movies these days has heard the term hacking. For many, it evokes images of hoodie-clad criminals with fingerless gloves - furiously scanning through dark screens of green text in search of hidden secrets. But what about the hackers who aren't criminals and don't wear hoodies?

You may have heard of so-called ethical hackers... But what makes them different? And how clear is the line between them and 'the bad guys'?

Hint: It's not as clear as you might think 😉...

The internet is built on layers upon layers of abstraction. This makes it possible for an immense variety of people and machines to communicate with one another. I want to share some ways I've used abstraction to help me get better results from artifical intelligence (AI).