AI Is Nuclear in Reverse
Nuclear technology arrived as a weapon and was later domesticated into a public good. AI is running that sequence backwards — and the arms control playbook does not transfer.
Forewarned is forearmed
Critical infrastructure · Threat management
Most writing about security risk is produced at the policy altitude. This is written from where the consequences land — the utility with no security staff, the facility with no threat assessment team, the organization that has to absorb a decision it had no part in making.
Nuclear technology arrived as a weapon and was later domesticated into a public good. AI is running that sequence backwards — and the arms control playbook does not transfer.
I take a small number of advisory engagements with organizations working on threat management programs and infrastructure security posture — assessments, program design, and standing counsel for teams without a dedicated security executive.