Breaking the offense-defense economics: when do defenders stop investing?
justdionysus · x · 2026-11-06
A fundamental question on AI security economics: if we concede a long tail of exploitable defects that cost more and more to identify, is there a point where defense is no longer worth the investment — returning us to the 2025 status quo?
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