Episode 181: Bug Bounty Singularity

Episode 181: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph and XSSDoctor talk about building a Hackbot.

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====== Resources ======

Are bug bounties cooked?

https://hakluke.com/are-bug-bounties-cooked

We built a Hackbot

https://josephthacker.com/hacking/2026/07/01/we-built-a-hackbot.html

====== Timestamps ======

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:07:22) Manual vs. AI Hacking

(00:17:27) Building a Hackbot

(00:23:53) Negatives of Hackbots

(00:31:34) Logistics and Problems of Singularity

(00:46:21) Successes