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Derek Weinburg of @CICPIndiana provided a great anology of the
pains and gain of autonmous agentic tools.
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The cyber incidents of the last 48 hours have been pretty mind blowing. I’ve been trying to piece together the “why now” question, and I think what we’re seeing is the first of a new kind of super-agent driven vulnerability cascade-- first one vulnerability is found by a malicious actor, then other bad actors pop up to try and take advantage of it before companies patch their systems.
But because each bad actor is using swarms of thousands of super-agents, those agents are not only exploiting the existing vulnerability, but finding new zero days as well, all in a matter of hours. And the cycle repeats. As of the writing of this post there have been vulnerabilities found across at least half-dozen independent systems including LiteLLM, PHP, eMudhra Certificates, NGINX, Bind 9, and NodeJS. The list continues to grow hour by hour.
Basically everything connected to the internet is at risk. Not just company websites and the usual databases of sensitive personal information, but all our critical infrastructure-- banks, power grids, pipelines, government agencies, all of it.
The good news is that cybersecurity and ops teams had a chance to see this coming. This is why from when Mythos first dropped and had our first warning, these teams have been hard at work shoring up systems across the board.
This is also why at Astranis we’ve seen a massive uptick in demand for truly air-gapped, sovereign networks, deployed via dedicated satellite to span an entire country or connect a large enterprise.
It is in fact possible to take an entire category of critical infrastructure off the internet entirely. With a fully self-contained network where all the endpoints are off grid. This is not a new concept-- anyone could do this for your home today with equipment you can buy from Best Buy. But to stand up such a network covering a large geographic area or an entire country, without touching the existing fiber or other network infrastructure, you can only do that with a dedicated satellite. And specifically a satellite in a special orbit called geosynchronous orbit.
Over the past year we’ve begun working with some of our customers on what it will take to implement truly air-gapped, standalone networks in support of mission critical use cases like core government functions, emergency response, defense, core infrastructure, or all of the above.
That might sound extreme, but that is the kind of measure we expect will be required to shrink the attack surface of some of the world’s most critical infra. That’s just the position we are now in. It's a brave new world.
What is a Diversified Frontier Firm? A knowledge workers version of a 'dark factory' .... follow along as I chronicle the build on @Substack https://t.co/YvWKdcC1H3
People - I’m headed to @Box Works in San Francisco November 5–6!
Jensen Huang, Aaron Levie, and Lip-Bu Tan headlining, plus technical sessions and hands-on workshops.
I’m am beyond excited to learn, compare notes, and meet people building and putting AI to work. This trip just got a whole lot more interesting.
Chain of Thought - Not the Model’s - Mine
Envisioning a Diversified Frontier Firm (DFF): an integrated, AI-native business where humans and AI agents share capabilities, infrastructure, and objectives across multiple business lines.
My first “org chart” had me as CEO, with an ever-evolving choreography of agents across media, education, consulting, and physical products.
Honestly, “ever evolving” initially meant “ever darkening”: humans out of the loop. Then I realized I have more to offer than direction and permissions. Sorry, hopeful agentic business CEOs, that’s pretty much the job description.
Coining a term: HaaIC. Human as an Individual Contributor.
What I bring to the team, and love engaging in:
▪️ Principal, Ideas and Expression: Unless you’ve been asleep since 2023, philosophy and its kin are rising rapidly in significance and value.
▪️ Design Thinker: In my opinion, design thinking and data governance belong in the top five skills, regardless of the project.
▪️ In-Person Events and Networking: Until embodied AI becomes the norm, this is genuine space where humans can do what machines cannot.
▪️ iPhotographer: Since handing my Instagram and Facebook posting to Meta Muse, many of my accounts have become nothing but infographics. My apologies.
🔄 Let’s be honest: slop is AI-generated content that hasn’t had enough training and guidance. Human employees need guidance, context, and examples too.
That choke point made me rethink my value. If an agent hesitates to use stock photos or repurpose photos full of people, I can give it a “social photos” folder with material I’ve created for that purpose.
Stay with me: photography and video are interests I’ve never made time to explore. Why not capture interesting stills with my iPhone and give my social agents something personal to work with?
🔜 Those infographics will be replaced by amateur photography. Mine.
I also need to coach the agents to use the hundreds of video clips I already have in Riverside.
What are your HaaIC skills? Comment please.
Before you hand work to an agent, write down who receives the result and what they can inspect before accepting it. We're still designing and testing our firm, so this is a working practice, not a proven result. https://t.co/CZl3xm2UlN
At review compare measured, delivered and accepted work against original criteria. Keep unfinished visible. A miss teaches without renaming it success. Focus on honest review and next step. https://t.co/CZl3xm2UlN
Hudson Conkling is 21 and working with AI every day. We talked about starting an AI career, learning, and why real connection matters when people use these tools.
AGI Season 2, Episode 1 is live. Stream on your favorite platform through the link in my profile.
Read the brief like you missed the meeting. The recipient should understand the delegated outcome without the original planning conversation. The owner decides priorities and tradeoffs. https://t.co/CZl3xm3sbl
Set the review point before delegating. Define the success criteria and the review date when the recipient will compare the delivered evidence to them. Keep unfinished work visible. https://t.co/CZl3xm3sbl
For delegated AI work, the blocker report must name the missing input and who can resolve it so responsibility stays clear. Add that requirement to your next brief. https://t.co/CZl3xm2UlN