Rethinking AI in Security

Ambiguity, Confidence, and What Trust Actually Looks Like

“AI should augment analysts, not replace them.” That phrase shows up everywhere. It sounds right. It feels responsible. But if we’ve all agreed on that, why are so many systems still nudging humans into quiet compliance?

The problem isn’t just in implementation. It’s in our assumptions. AI in security is still being built around outdated ideas of intelligence and risk. Systems are optimized for output, not dialogue. Precision, not process.

If augmentation is the goal, we have to rethink how systems support the actual work of being uncertain.

Support means leaving room for ambiguity

Security analysts don’t just follow playbooks. They work in gray areas. They ask hard questions. The tools we give them should make that easier, not harder.

But most AI syst...
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