Researcher: AI agents are collapsing conventional cybersecurity right now
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-22
Security researcher David Manheim argues the "cyberpocalypse" discussion has two layers: first, there is broad agreement that prosaic cybersecurity is collapsing right now due to AI agents—an unfolding disaster; second, whether the end state is offense-dominant remains debated, depending on AI capability timelines and whether software can be secured via patching, rewriting, code density, or formally provable safe code.
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