'Cyberpocalypse' debate: prosaic cybersecurity is collapsing now, end-state contested

davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-22

David Manheim breaks the 'cyberpocalypse' discussion into two distinct layers: first, broad agreement that prosaic cybersecurity is in the process of collapsing right now due to AI agents; second, an open debate on whether the end-state is offense-dominant. A crisp framework separating what's already happening from the endgame question.

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