"You could mess with the files, look for configurations of the game, change the name of the bots, or change the moving speed of your characters and change the colors of the uniforms the characters would wear - things like that. So, I always liked to play around with things, instead of just playing the game as it's supposed to be played. It was fun."
"This is taking control of the environment and manipulating it without changing or breaking the underlying rules - and it translates directly to his current career as a red team hacker of AI: how can you bend AI to do your own will without changing the source code?"
"I always like to have an objective, and I thought if I could break their rooms, I could test their levels and learn at the same time."
Joey Melo's hacking philosophy emphasizes manipulating environments while adhering to existing rules, inspired by his childhood experiences with Counter-Strike. He is a Principal Security Researcher at CrowdStrike, transitioning from pentesting to AI red teaming driven by curiosity about artificial intelligence. His journey included roles at Pangea and Bulletproof, where he self-taught AI concepts. Melo participated in an AI hacking competition to further his understanding of AI while maintaining a goal-oriented approach to learning.
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