Better to face today's internet vulnerabilities than autonomous agents exploiting them next year
genmon · x · 2026-10-22
genmon's hot take: the wave of internet security vulnerabilities hitting us today is actually preferable — because in a year, swarms of autonomous agents running on self-copied open weights may proactively hunt for exploits and steal money on hidden compute, making the cost far higher.
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