Web3 is much safer than Web2.
Our devs are more paranoid, our systems have less trust assumptions, and we do not rely on security through obscurity.
For the last 6 years, we've actively defended our honeypot platforms against state actors like North Korea. This has resulted in some of the most battle-hardened security practices in finance.
I suspect AI will accelerate the adoption of DeFi as people flee the poorly built legacy financial system.