Mark Russinovich and AI’s Impact on Software Engineering and Open Source Software Security
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In this episode, Omkhar talks to Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure. Mark oversees the technical strategy and architecture of Microsoft’s cloud computing platform. Mark is also on the Governing Board of the OpenSSF. He’s a widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating system internals, and cybersecurity. Mark’s also the author of the Jeff Aiken cyberthriller novels Zero Day, Trojan Horse and Rogue Code, and co-author of the Microsoft Press Windows Internals books.
- 00:36 - Mark on his role at Azure
- 01:30 - Where AI is headed and its impact on enterprises
- 04:06 - The task of teaching a machine learning model to unlearn Harry Potter
- 06:32 - The good and bad of AI hallucinations
- 10:35 - The promise of more secure open source software via AI
- 13:05 - Mark answers Omkhar’s “rapid-fire” questions: mild or spicy food, Vim, Emacs or VS Code and tabs or spaces
- 15:01 - Why aspiring software engineers should still learn to code
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