The next morning.
October 6, 2025.
Today I woke up at a reasonable 6 O'clock. Bright and early, ready to get to work.
After finishing my morning routine, I set myself up at my office desk.
It is time to question what actions I will take with the AI and newly upgraded computer.
Since the computer can now process things much faster than the download speed I have available. I will have to rethink how to best optimize the AI's learning and data collection.
I wonder if there is a way to simulate a website or processing system so the AI can practice hacking. That way the AI will produce its own data faster than I would be able to download it.
One Foolgle search later.
There are tons of ways to simulate both. Like there are a ton. I'm going to download them all then run the AI against them to not only test its current capabilities but also to create its own data sheets and models.
The actual download is extremely small. I'm a little suspicious.
After downloading it I realize the problem. This doesn't come with security features.
Ok, a few more Foolgle searches later.
I need a WAF(web application firewall) and to get encryption from http or https. Apparently the s in https stands for secure.
Now the easy part is to get a WAF. There are many online that you can get for free.
The hard part is the https encryption. However, there is a website used to test the response that http has to it's request. In other words it is a website used to study how http works.
"A web server uses asymmetric encryption with a public key to encrypt data and a private key to decrypt it. Ensuring a secure channel and verifying the website's identity through a digital certificate.
The server presents its digital certificate to the browser to prove its identity. The browser and server then use asymmetric encryption to securely exchange a symmetric key.
Once the secure symmetric key is shared, both the browser and server use this single key to encrypt and decrypt all subsequent data during that session."
As per Foolgle.
So I really need to figure out how to reverse my way through these encryptions by synthesizing the proper type of keys and certificates to gain access to their servers.
Both of these things are free. Which is good for me.
The WAF has been downloaded.
And I won't worry about the encryption for now.
I need to beef up the AI before I send it after something that would have consequences.
Because, up to this point I haven't done anything illegal. At least I don't think I have.
So once I set up the simulated webpage and load the WAF into the simulation.
I set the AI up to try and hack into the web page and collect all of its attempts as data.
That way the AI will start learning and actually progressing.
Let's hit the start button.
NOW!
…
Not even 10 minutes later the AI found a loophole in a piece of the code and found a backdoor into the system.
The first few minutes were spent trying to brute force the password, when it deemed that to be inefficient it switched to the code that the WAF and website ran on.
That is a very good start, but now the simulation is worthless because the AI could hack it instantly now, and I have no idea how to change that.
But, you know who or what would?
The AI!
So this time I set up the AI to both try to hack in and keep itself out. A conundrum that the AI wouldn't be able to function on, normally. But, my AI has been upgraded.
Start!
…
It instantly ended.
The AI went head to head for not even 1 second before communicating to itself that they could just work together.
One AI needed the information in the website server the other needed to keep the other out. So to complete both objectives the defending AI just gave the data to the attacking AI so it would have no reason to enter the website at all.
They really found a sneaky loophole.
Well that is frustrating.
This time I redefined the terms, and made sure that there were not any loopholes.
Start.
…
Oh, no.
Or I mean oh, yes.
The AI is working as intended but they are producing way more data than I had anticipated.
The current external storage drive only has 100 terabytes of storage.
To put that into comparison a current modern supercomputer can generate 1 exabyte a day.
1 exabyte = 1000 petabytes
1 petabyte = 1000 terabytes
Which means they generate a terabyte a second. Now, my computer is not a modern high end supercomputer. But, it is a supercomputer. So generating a terabyte a minute is not that strange. In fact some would say it is even a little slow.
…
About an hour and a half later. The storage drive is completely full.
Ok, lets do a quick fix.
Move all of the data that is related to defence to the computer internal storage to free up space on the external storage.
Done.
…
Another hour or so later the drive is completely full again.
Now, let's consolidate.
The AI will eliminate any redundant data, then it will simplify and streamline the other data. That way I can make the AI more efficient with less actual data.
…
3 hours later the AI has compressed all of the necessary data down to just 50 terabytes. That is a whole 50% reduction while maintaining the original accuracy. I could probably push it further considering that some data can be compressed down to 98% of its original size. But that puts the data at risk.
I want to be as careful as possible so I won't do that. But this does allow me to create more data, so back to it.