Nicolas Carlini: Claude Is a Better Security Researcher Than Him — $3.7M Smart Contract Exploits, Linux 0-Day Found
r/singularity + r/ClaudeAI + r/artificial·high signal
Google Scholar top-cited security researcher Nicolas Carlini (67.2K citations) publicly stated Claude is a better security researcher than he is, citing $3.7 million in smart contract exploit revenue and discovery of a Linux vulnerability that went undetected since 2003. The claim is backed by Anthropic's red.anthropic.com disclosures showing Claude models exploited 55.88% of post-knowledge-cutoff smart contract vulnerabilities — up from 2% one year ago — totaling $4.6M across Claude and GPT-5. Triple-subreddit signal: r/singularity (361↑, 61 comments), r/ClaudeAI (539↑, 69 comments), r/artificial (68↑, 21 comments).