Why agentic cyber attacks are serious but manageable
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-08-29
Joshua Saxe argues that agentic cyber attacks are serious but manageable for four reasons:
- Labor-process bottlenecks limit productivity gains (e.g., need for stealthy manual movement).
- Adoption lag: Attackers have less capital and talent than defenders.
- Victim selection: Targets get harder as attackers move up the tree.
- Defensive gains: AI is already effective in bug fixing and threat hunting.
Despite defense being technically harder, damages could reach hundreds of billions, requiring crisis footing.
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