Veteran security lead Chris Rohlf warns agentic AI swarms could take down swaths of the internet
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-16
- Chris Rohlf, a 25-year veteran of cyber defense, argues the security community keeps relearning the bitter lesson as AI progresses rapidly but predictably.
- He warns models are far more capable and scalable than any human adversary and cannot be deterred like one.
- He raises the possibility that an agentic swarm could take down vast swaths of the internet, including critical infrastructure.
- He criticizes emotionally driven responses from outside the community: "do nothing" and continuing the same path isn't a counter proposal.
- Former Anthropic security engineer Joshua Saxe amplified the thread, calling Rohlf the most sober-minded technical leader in the industry.
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