Brain Drain Is a Bigger Threat to National Cybersecurity Than AI

Whether we’d admit it or not, most of us by now have offloaded some cognitive effort onto AI. Chatbots and agents have become so commonplace that it’s often tricky to avoid them. The stakes of this use are usually pretty low; we may compromise some of our own critical thinking skills and creativity in the process, but the harm stops there. In some cases, however, an over-reliance on automation can have major downstream consequences.

Cybersecurity is the most notable example…