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I think my point wasn't about what computer security precisely does, but about the mindset of people who do it (security people cultivate an adversarial point of view about systems).
My secondary point is that computer security is a very solid field, and doesn't look wishy washy or science fictiony. It has serious conferences, it has research centers, industry labs, intellectual firepower, etc.
A fair point, though that mindset is hacker-like in nature. It is, basically, an automatic "how can I break or subvert this system?" reaction to everything.
But the thing is, computer security is an intensely practical field. It's very much like engineering: has to be realistic/implementable, bad things happen if it fucks up, people pay a lot of money to get good solutions, these solutions are often specific to the circumstances, etc.
AI safety research at the moment is very far from this.