How AI Will Reshape the Dynamics of Cybersecurity Offense and Defense
iikypjjyl · x · 2026-08-08
Discussing whether AI can solve cybersecurity threats, the author argues that while long-term AI models could identify and fix threat vectors, deploying these fixes at scale takes time. In contrast, launching an attack has no such lag. This challenges the view that modern systems are robust due to human intelligence and that more intelligence favors the defender.
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