2026-09-18 –, Tesla
Now everyone is vibe coding everything. AI agents are finding vulnerabilities so obscure that humans can't market it .
Is the days of "hacking at late night banging your head against the screen" over ? Are we now just going to prompt design our way into the history of hacking? Maybe, maybe not.
AI has definitely changed the landscape. But while everyone is looking to find the latest and greatest prompt injection , in the forgotten back rooms there are others marching on with what they do best. Make/hack/break things.
In this talk , elkentaro will talk about some of his pre-AI days creating and hacking tools and hardware the stories behind them. He will also go on and explain how AI has changed the process for him.
Originally this talk was titled
"I wanted to be Q from James Bond..I ended up being a hacker”
but without "AI something something" its not as hot. It will be a talk about
making/breaking/hacking things, mostly wireless gadgets and other obsure
makings of elkentaro and how the recent rise of AI has changed some, but
hasn't changed other aspects of being a hacker/maker.
El Kentaro is the guy who builds wifi gadgets for fun and has been involved with the hacker community for over two decades. Kentaro enjoys watching movies and taking long warwalks at night strolling through the dark corners of Tokyo.