The thing about AI replacing analysts that I think is implicit to a lot of people who understand AI, but not at all clear to the people doing layoffs is this: adversaries use AI for automation and as a force multiplier too. Humans are the deciding difference in who wins, beyond equal automation.

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The ransomware gangs are highly motivated. And well funded, due to ransomware payments.

And the defender's management is … mostly "meh" on it. And "We'll just try to recover afterwards, should it ever happen to us." And also, "AI will save us!" when it will actually doom them.