I Interviewed ChatGPT-4 About AI and Cybersecurity Threats: Its Insights Will Blow Your Mind!

Rajesh Laskary
10 min readMar 22

This idea kicked in on a fine Saturday morning, and I thought of interviewing ChatGPT-4 on how AI (Artificial Intelligence) poses cybersecurity threats to organizations and individuals. And the results were surprising.

We(I and ChatGPT-4) started with my introduction to ChatGPT and gave some background about myself, and I asked ChatGPT-4 for a suitable time to catch up — I just wanted to be modest as this was my first interaction with AI :)

Thankfully, ChatGPT was kind enough to accept my interview request.

(Image Source: ChatGPT-4 Console)

Here is how the conversation started.

Finally, we’re ready to go!

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5 key threats AI Poses

I thanked ChatGPT for accepting my request and shot my first question.

Question-1: What do you think about the 5 key threats AI, specifically systems like ChatGPT, poses to individuals and organizations, especially when these tools are used in an enterprise environment?

ChatGPT-4 Answer:

Rajesh, here are the 5 key threats AI systems, like ChatGPT, can pose to individuals and organizations, particularly in an enterprise environment:

  1. Phishing and social engineering attacks:
  • AI-generated emails and messages can convincingly impersonate trusted sources.
  • Increased effectiveness of spear-phishing campaigns targeting specific individuals.

2. Deepfakes and disinformation:

  • AI-generated images, videos…
Rajesh Laskary

Author, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Blockchain Professional(CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CCAK, CIAM, CIST, CEH, COBIT, CBSP, CBE, ISO27001 LA, ISO27005 RM, PMP, PMI-ACP)