Researcher: In the AI offense era, humans become the weakest link in systems
harris_edouard · x · 2026-08-19
Harris Edouard invokes the Dark Forest analogy: any system containing insecure human-written software, or operated by insecure humans, will be instantly hammered by swarms of superhuman agents specialized in cyber and social-engineering offense.
He adds that as AI patches vulnerabilities, the humans inside those systems will become the lowest-hanging targets for AI-enabled attacks — and security concerns will effectively force us to replace them with AI agents.
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