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The threat from AI isn't a superintelligence

August 29, 2026
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The most likely threat isn't a movie villain using a superintelligence; it's a better-written everyday scam, a more convincing impersonation, or a known vulnerability exploited before the organization fixes it. The practical implication is fairly sober: we need to strengthen the defenses that still func

The most likely threat isn’t a movie villain using a superintelligence; it’s a better-written everyday scam, a more convincing impersonation, or a known vulnerability exploited before the organization fixes it. The practical implication is fairly sober: we need to strengthen the defenses that continue to work even when the adversary uses AI. Phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, rapid updates, verified backups, network segmentation, least privilege, and training that teaches people to verify unusual requests. These aren’t spectacular measures. That’s precisely why they’re often postponed. Yet they’re what keep an AI-assisted campaign to an attempted attack instead of letting it become a crisis.

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