At the very start of my grad school in 2005, I wrote paper about the original computer hacking/phreaking/BBS scene: hackers were often driven by curiosity but t

AIEthan Mollick recalls writing a 2005 grad school paper on the original computer hacking, phreaking, and BBS scene. He notes that hackers were often driven by curiosity, but the tools they built were widely exploited by "script kiddies" who caused most of the damage and chaos. He then pivots to AI hacking, though the post does not elaborate.