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@danielmiessler.bsky.social
AI / Security Researcher and Entrepreneur.
Founder/CEO of Unsupervised Learning.
Building AI that upgrades humans.
Founder/CEO of Unsupervised Learning.
Building AI that upgrades humans.
Just read.
One book at a time, or 17.
I’m currently reading:
Letters to a Young Poet, The Dharma Bums, Accelerando, The Peregrine, Dominion, and more.
It’s chaos. I’m embracing it.
One book at a time, or 17.
I’m currently reading:
Letters to a Young Poet, The Dharma Bums, Accelerando, The Peregrine, Dominion, and more.
It’s chaos. I’m embracing it.
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just read.
One book at a time, or 17.
I’m currently reading:
Letters to a Young Poet, The Dharma Bums, Accelerando, The Peregrine, Dominion, and more.
It’s chaos. I’m embracing it.
One book at a time, or 17.
I’m currently reading:
Letters to a Young Poet, The Dharma Bums, Accelerando, The Peregrine, Dominion, and more.
It’s chaos. I’m embracing it.
One good way to think about AI—and all major tech movements like electrification, the internet, etc—is as a Technological Weather Event.
Not just to say that it’s mostly unavoidable, but that it really matters how we think about and prepare for them as a population.
Not just to say that it’s mostly unavoidable, but that it really matters how we think about and prepare for them as a population.
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
One good way to think about AI—and all major tech movements like electrification, the internet, etc—is as a Technological Weather Event.
Not just to say that it’s mostly unavoidable, but that it really matters how we think about and prepare for them as a population.
Not just to say that it’s mostly unavoidable, but that it really matters how we think about and prepare for them as a population.
Watched The Accountant 2 and loved the concept of Acquired Savant Syndrome—when brain injury unlocks genius. What if ASI could figure out how to trigger that intentionally?
AI shouldn’t just make better AI.
It should make better humans.
AI shouldn’t just make better AI.
It should make better humans.
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Watched The Accountant 2 and loved the concept of Acquired Savant Syndrome—when brain injury unlocks genius. What if ASI could figure out how to trigger that intentionally?
AI shouldn’t just make better AI.
It should make better humans.
AI shouldn’t just make better AI.
It should make better humans.
Most every task is easier if you have more information.
One of AI's primary benefits won't be just making smarter decisions itself, but providing the narrative context to make the decision easy for anyone.
One of AI's primary benefits won't be just making smarter decisions itself, but providing the narrative context to make the decision easy for anyone.
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Most every task is easier if you have more information.
One of AI's primary benefits won't be just making smarter decisions itself, but providing the narrative context to make the decision easy for anyone.
One of AI's primary benefits won't be just making smarter decisions itself, but providing the narrative context to make the decision easy for anyone.
Our jobs mentality is based on a lie.
➡️ We were told that there are special people who make things—but we're not one of them.
➡️ And our role is to work for one of them, hopefully…
Fuck that. The illusion is collapsing.
You are the special person.
You can make things.
➡️ We were told that there are special people who make things—but we're not one of them.
➡️ And our role is to work for one of them, hopefully…
Fuck that. The illusion is collapsing.
You are the special person.
You can make things.
May 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our jobs mentality is based on a lie.
➡️ We were told that there are special people who make things—but we're not one of them.
➡️ And our role is to work for one of them, hopefully…
Fuck that. The illusion is collapsing.
You are the special person.
You can make things.
➡️ We were told that there are special people who make things—but we're not one of them.
➡️ And our role is to work for one of them, hopefully…
Fuck that. The illusion is collapsing.
You are the special person.
You can make things.
I’ve been thinking about how AI might reshape what it means to be a developer.
We’re hearing a lot of predictions—some saying tech jobs will vanish, others saying AI will supercharge demand. But I think the more interesting shift is in who companies will need.
🧵
We’re hearing a lot of predictions—some saying tech jobs will vanish, others saying AI will supercharge demand. But I think the more interesting shift is in who companies will need.
🧵
May 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’ve been thinking about how AI might reshape what it means to be a developer.
We’re hearing a lot of predictions—some saying tech jobs will vanish, others saying AI will supercharge demand. But I think the more interesting shift is in who companies will need.
🧵
We’re hearing a lot of predictions—some saying tech jobs will vanish, others saying AI will supercharge demand. But I think the more interesting shift is in who companies will need.
🧵
One of the biggest use cases for prompt injection and persuasion will be in product API’s targeting models and digital assistant agents with marketing.
Marketing targeting humans won’t be nearly as important as the marketing targeting the AI working for the humans.
Marketing targeting humans won’t be nearly as important as the marketing targeting the AI working for the humans.
May 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
One of the biggest use cases for prompt injection and persuasion will be in product API’s targeting models and digital assistant agents with marketing.
Marketing targeting humans won’t be nearly as important as the marketing targeting the AI working for the humans.
Marketing targeting humans won’t be nearly as important as the marketing targeting the AI working for the humans.
Here's something nobody's talking about with AI...
Removing the Fog of War.
Elite generals and principal engineers shine when info is scarce.
Expertise = stitching limited info into a usable world model.
🧵
Removing the Fog of War.
Elite generals and principal engineers shine when info is scarce.
Expertise = stitching limited info into a usable world model.
🧵
May 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here's something nobody's talking about with AI...
Removing the Fog of War.
Elite generals and principal engineers shine when info is scarce.
Expertise = stitching limited info into a usable world model.
🧵
Removing the Fog of War.
Elite generals and principal engineers shine when info is scarce.
Expertise = stitching limited info into a usable world model.
🧵
Moats aren’t just for businesses.
In the age of AI and infinite replication, individuals need them too.
Ask yourself:
— What makes you hard to copy?
— What will still be uniquely you in 5 years?
This is the new career planning.
In the age of AI and infinite replication, individuals need them too.
Ask yourself:
— What makes you hard to copy?
— What will still be uniquely you in 5 years?
This is the new career planning.
April 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Moats aren’t just for businesses.
In the age of AI and infinite replication, individuals need them too.
Ask yourself:
— What makes you hard to copy?
— What will still be uniquely you in 5 years?
This is the new career planning.
In the age of AI and infinite replication, individuals need them too.
Ask yourself:
— What makes you hard to copy?
— What will still be uniquely you in 5 years?
This is the new career planning.
💡People are obsessing over the specific AI tech that will replace human workers…
…but the bigger point is that companies are so excited about replacing workers in the first place.
🔥Corporate Mindset ➡️ Independent Mindset
…but the bigger point is that companies are so excited about replacing workers in the first place.
🔥Corporate Mindset ➡️ Independent Mindset
April 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
💡People are obsessing over the specific AI tech that will replace human workers…
…but the bigger point is that companies are so excited about replacing workers in the first place.
🔥Corporate Mindset ➡️ Independent Mindset
…but the bigger point is that companies are so excited about replacing workers in the first place.
🔥Corporate Mindset ➡️ Independent Mindset
Visual persuasion is a double-edged sword.
Once you see something, your brain starts believing it—even if it’s false.
In a world of AI-generated content and visual manipulation, literacy isn’t enough.
We need epistemic defense systems.
How are you building yours?
Once you see something, your brain starts believing it—even if it’s false.
In a world of AI-generated content and visual manipulation, literacy isn’t enough.
We need epistemic defense systems.
How are you building yours?
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Visual persuasion is a double-edged sword.
Once you see something, your brain starts believing it—even if it’s false.
In a world of AI-generated content and visual manipulation, literacy isn’t enough.
We need epistemic defense systems.
How are you building yours?
Once you see something, your brain starts believing it—even if it’s false.
In a world of AI-generated content and visual manipulation, literacy isn’t enough.
We need epistemic defense systems.
How are you building yours?
💡 Want to improve your strategy? Try inversion.
Instead of asking what to do, ask:
👉 What actions would guarantee failure?
Then… just don’t do those things.
It’s a simple but powerful shift.
What are your top “don’ts” for your space?
Instead of asking what to do, ask:
👉 What actions would guarantee failure?
Then… just don’t do those things.
It’s a simple but powerful shift.
What are your top “don’ts” for your space?
April 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
💡 Want to improve your strategy? Try inversion.
Instead of asking what to do, ask:
👉 What actions would guarantee failure?
Then… just don’t do those things.
It’s a simple but powerful shift.
What are your top “don’ts” for your space?
Instead of asking what to do, ask:
👉 What actions would guarantee failure?
Then… just don’t do those things.
It’s a simple but powerful shift.
What are your top “don’ts” for your space?
Going to #RSA? I’ll be speaking at Aegis of Tomorrow: An AI & Security Summit on Monday, April 28 from 3–5pm.
I’ll be sharing a framework for cutting through AI hype and prioritizing cybersecurity investments based on how attacker capabilities are actually evolving.
👉 Register here: lu.ma/9j1p8ixj
I’ll be sharing a framework for cutting through AI hype and prioritizing cybersecurity investments based on how attacker capabilities are actually evolving.
👉 Register here: lu.ma/9j1p8ixj
April 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Going to #RSA? I’ll be speaking at Aegis of Tomorrow: An AI & Security Summit on Monday, April 28 from 3–5pm.
I’ll be sharing a framework for cutting through AI hype and prioritizing cybersecurity investments based on how attacker capabilities are actually evolving.
👉 Register here: lu.ma/9j1p8ixj
I’ll be sharing a framework for cutting through AI hype and prioritizing cybersecurity investments based on how attacker capabilities are actually evolving.
👉 Register here: lu.ma/9j1p8ixj
"Teman then started collecting more and more, from more and more sources.
At some point he couldn't tell whether he had slow-read the his knowledge before the change, or if it was part of a scrape / summarization / injection flow.
Even more alarming, he stopped caring."
At some point he couldn't tell whether he had slow-read the his knowledge before the change, or if it was part of a scrape / summarization / injection flow.
Even more alarming, he stopped caring."
April 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Teman then started collecting more and more, from more and more sources.
At some point he couldn't tell whether he had slow-read the his knowledge before the change, or if it was part of a scrape / summarization / injection flow.
Even more alarming, he stopped caring."
At some point he couldn't tell whether he had slow-read the his knowledge before the change, or if it was part of a scrape / summarization / injection flow.
Even more alarming, he stopped caring."
❌ “Learn to code”.
✅ “Learn to make”.
Technology is currently the best lever for one person to improve the lives of millions.
And today that means making stuff using code.
Making should be a core skill, like reading and writing.
Learn to make.
✅ “Learn to make”.
Technology is currently the best lever for one person to improve the lives of millions.
And today that means making stuff using code.
Making should be a core skill, like reading and writing.
Learn to make.
March 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
❌ “Learn to code”.
✅ “Learn to make”.
Technology is currently the best lever for one person to improve the lives of millions.
And today that means making stuff using code.
Making should be a core skill, like reading and writing.
Learn to make.
✅ “Learn to make”.
Technology is currently the best lever for one person to improve the lives of millions.
And today that means making stuff using code.
Making should be a core skill, like reading and writing.
Learn to make.
I think both AGI and ASI can come from models no “smarter” than they are today.
My intuition is that we just need vastly more memory and agent orchestration for both.
My intuition is that we just need vastly more memory and agent orchestration for both.
March 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I think both AGI and ASI can come from models no “smarter” than they are today.
My intuition is that we just need vastly more memory and agent orchestration for both.
My intuition is that we just need vastly more memory and agent orchestration for both.
I’ve been thinking about how business—and security—becomes a loop:
Policy → State → SOP → Action → Repeat.
AI will run most of it.
The only part that stays human long-term is the idea:
What do we want to build, and why?
#AI #Cybersecurity #FutureOfWork
Policy → State → SOP → Action → Repeat.
AI will run most of it.
The only part that stays human long-term is the idea:
What do we want to build, and why?
#AI #Cybersecurity #FutureOfWork
March 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’ve been thinking about how business—and security—becomes a loop:
Policy → State → SOP → Action → Repeat.
AI will run most of it.
The only part that stays human long-term is the idea:
What do we want to build, and why?
#AI #Cybersecurity #FutureOfWork
Policy → State → SOP → Action → Repeat.
AI will run most of it.
The only part that stays human long-term is the idea:
What do we want to build, and why?
#AI #Cybersecurity #FutureOfWork
NPCs will be the first people replaced by AI.
If you’re currently one, it’s time to stop.
The difference between an NPC and a PC isn’t your profession—it’s how you do that profession.
If you’re currently one, it’s time to stop.
The difference between an NPC and a PC isn’t your profession—it’s how you do that profession.
March 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NPCs will be the first people replaced by AI.
If you’re currently one, it’s time to stop.
The difference between an NPC and a PC isn’t your profession—it’s how you do that profession.
If you’re currently one, it’s time to stop.
The difference between an NPC and a PC isn’t your profession—it’s how you do that profession.
I think decent robots are going to be way more emotionally disruptive to society than even AGI.
They’re tangible. And they replace workers who have fewer options.
They’re tangible. And they replace workers who have fewer options.
March 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I think decent robots are going to be way more emotionally disruptive to society than even AGI.
They’re tangible. And they replace workers who have fewer options.
They’re tangible. And they replace workers who have fewer options.
Not learning to code just because there are AI coding agents is like not learning how to think because there are talk shows.
Writing = thinking.
Creating = imagining.
Coding = building.
If you're in tech in 2025 and you can't do these things, your career is at risk.
Adapt.
Writing = thinking.
Creating = imagining.
Coding = building.
If you're in tech in 2025 and you can't do these things, your career is at risk.
Adapt.
March 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not learning to code just because there are AI coding agents is like not learning how to think because there are talk shows.
Writing = thinking.
Creating = imagining.
Coding = building.
If you're in tech in 2025 and you can't do these things, your career is at risk.
Adapt.
Writing = thinking.
Creating = imagining.
Coding = building.
If you're in tech in 2025 and you can't do these things, your career is at risk.
Adapt.
Vibe coding produces insecure MVPs, not professional applications.
The next task for AI will be to secure and professionalize the millions of haphazardly assembled applications that are about to be on the Internet.
There’s so many ways to make money in this new world of vibe coding.
The next task for AI will be to secure and professionalize the millions of haphazardly assembled applications that are about to be on the Internet.
There’s so many ways to make money in this new world of vibe coding.
March 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Vibe coding produces insecure MVPs, not professional applications.
The next task for AI will be to secure and professionalize the millions of haphazardly assembled applications that are about to be on the Internet.
There’s so many ways to make money in this new world of vibe coding.
The next task for AI will be to secure and professionalize the millions of haphazardly assembled applications that are about to be on the Internet.
There’s so many ways to make money in this new world of vibe coding.
I'm going to do a video on this, but here's my uber-simple explanation of MCPs.
1️⃣ Tons of applications and databases exist in the world
2️⃣ It takes a lot of manual effort to make them usable
3️⃣ MCP is a client/server protocol for making it easy
4️⃣ 👇🏼
1️⃣ Tons of applications and databases exist in the world
2️⃣ It takes a lot of manual effort to make them usable
3️⃣ MCP is a client/server protocol for making it easy
4️⃣ 👇🏼
March 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm going to do a video on this, but here's my uber-simple explanation of MCPs.
1️⃣ Tons of applications and databases exist in the world
2️⃣ It takes a lot of manual effort to make them usable
3️⃣ MCP is a client/server protocol for making it easy
4️⃣ 👇🏼
1️⃣ Tons of applications and databases exist in the world
2️⃣ It takes a lot of manual effort to make them usable
3️⃣ MCP is a client/server protocol for making it easy
4️⃣ 👇🏼
I think the first AGI will come in the form of an enterprise product with marketing like this:
“Introducing NewHire: a high-agency, AGI employee for your business…
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“Introducing NewHire: a high-agency, AGI employee for your business…
🧵
March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I think the first AGI will come in the form of an enterprise product with marketing like this:
“Introducing NewHire: a high-agency, AGI employee for your business…
🧵
“Introducing NewHire: a high-agency, AGI employee for your business…
🧵
What will your Daemon say about you?
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What will your Daemon say about you?
The total TAM for AI is a combination of 2 main components:
1. The total cost of human workforces
2. The amount of money that current and future companies will pay to start, 10x, or 1000x their business
We're talking hundreds of trillions of dollars.
Don't get distracted.
1. The total cost of human workforces
2. The amount of money that current and future companies will pay to start, 10x, or 1000x their business
We're talking hundreds of trillions of dollars.
Don't get distracted.
January 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The total TAM for AI is a combination of 2 main components:
1. The total cost of human workforces
2. The amount of money that current and future companies will pay to start, 10x, or 1000x their business
We're talking hundreds of trillions of dollars.
Don't get distracted.
1. The total cost of human workforces
2. The amount of money that current and future companies will pay to start, 10x, or 1000x their business
We're talking hundreds of trillions of dollars.
Don't get distracted.