My First Week Back in Web3: 3 Terrifying Things I Learned as an AI Engineer.

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Week 1 in Review

I’ve been back for 7 days. Here is the data: Lazarus Group has already stolen $577M this year, and they aren't using code bugs. They are using Context Hacks.

My 3 Key Takeaways:

The "All Green" Trap: AI is so good at social engineering that your intuition is now a liability. If it looks 100% safe, it's probably 100% automated.

Infrastructure is Fragile: The KelpDAO incident proved that even if the contract is audited, the RPC data pipes are the new "Front Door" for attackers.

Your Browser is Compromised: If your wallet lives in your browser extensions, it lives in a battlefield you don't control.

The Week Ahead

My hardware arrives in a few days.
My first task: Simulated System Breach. I want to see if the "Open Source" firmware can actually parse a malicious AI payload that my browser extension failed to catch.

That was an exhausting first week. More work pending...