Fernando Montenegro (he/him)
@fsmontenegro.bsky.social
Security technologist, always curious, industry analyst and practice lead at Futurum, trying to do the best I can re:work/life balance, etc… Work: Interplay between cybersecurity and economics is my catnip. Non-work: family, friends, golf, volleyball.
People don't hire AI agents, nor do people hire mouse and keyboards. AI agents are software tools; not people.
They are lowering US flags to half-mast for a week, but if the government really wants to pay tribute to Dolly, they should fund education, the arts, and medical research instead of trying to eradicate them.
Poignant moment as I enjoy reading Ready Player One while on vacation and come across a reference to RHPS, today of all days. RIP, Tim Curry.
Dolly Parton was universally loved because she was a rich person who knew what it was like to be poor, stayed down to earth, and spent her life giving back to others who were less fortunate. The oligarchs who don’t understand why everyone hates them probably won’t learn from this. But they should
Just to be clear this is like saying "for this trade deal to go through, you must eliminate college football" level ask in our politics
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · last wk.Not sure I have the extent of it but it sounds a lot like Trump wanted Carney to ease Canadian French language rules (and enrage Quebec) so the Ellisons could save a buck on localization
Trump imposes crushing new taxes on American consumers & businesses - compounding the toll of his failed unprovoked war with Iran by escalating his failed unprovoked trade war with our longtime staunchest ally and trade partner, and advancing global disorder. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/w...
Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse
Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks. U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into...
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"Human in the loop" is another way of saying that one person will have to review the output of 10 workers' worth of LLM slop, and then that worker will be held responsible for errors made by the LLM. It's a scam.
Dan Gerlanc@dgerlanc.bsky.social · 2w ago“We're going to have humans in the loop, and humans are going to need to read code and sign off on it before shipping it. And readability will still matter, and Python remains the hands-on winner for that.”
If we confuse generative AI’s ability to produce text with consciousness, we risk assigning moral responsibility to chatbots—and not to their makers, Ted Chiang argues.
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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No special treatment for Space X in the S&P 500! Just announced. Wow. That profitability requirement means it might never get in.
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Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
a man says look were gonna shake things up in front of a bookshelf
ALT: a man says look were gonna shake things up in front of a bookshelf
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andy jabbour@andyjabbour.bsky.social · 4mo agoFilm you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.
Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%
A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.
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“We’ll replace <app> with stuff we code ourselves!”
Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 5mo agoMake It Myself xkcd.com/3233/
![Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdsd32pjwefxji33c5eferlek4o6kkadoosqisb5uatqjmrq4q4q)
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb. "zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong" sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
a black and white photo of a robot with the words danger written above it .
Alt: a black and white photo of a robot with the words danger written above it . Robot from lost in space
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Sean Massey@seanmassey.net · 10mo agoIf you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
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AI's Transformative Role in Cybersecurity | Security Boulevard Podcast Ep. 5
Will Agentic AI replace security teams? In this episode of the Security Boulevard Podcast, hosts Mitch Ashley, Tom Hollingsworth, and Fernando Montenegro explore how AI is reshaping cybersecurity —…
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a golf course with the words man alive the fairway
Alt: a golf course with the words “man alive! the fairway” - scene from a movie (not saying which as that is part of the thread of posting images with no names)
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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na.@missiggeek.bsky.social · last yr.Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif ?”hard mode” (no Star Wars, Star Trek Lord of the Rings or Marvel)
I'm really happy that a combination of AI and Reddit led me to find the video of a short ad I was looking for. Courtesy of Computer Associates, no less, I think it perfectly captures some of the key issues with cybersecurity nowadays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNFt...
Computer Associates Commercial: eTrust Sector 12
YouTube video by Charles Song
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If you ask Rick Astley for his copy of the movie Up, he cannot give it to you as he will never give you Up. However, in doing so, he lets you down. Therefore it creates The Astley Paradox.
My latest incident of dropping-AirPods-in-airplane (though not really, I had just misplaced them) convinced me to switch to over-ear-type noise cancelling headphones for air travel. Not looking to spend a fortune. What do people recommend?
This, a million times over. They (sellers) also don’t mind if people conflate the high precision of specialized ML models with the scale of hallucinations coming out of current models.
Rich Burroughs@somewhattolerable.com · last yr.Perhaps the biggest problem with LLMs is that many people don’t understand how they work and what the limitations are. And that’s intentional on the part of the people who sell them. They want them to feel like magic.
Look at original thread for this. Scary.
SCKrys@sckrys1801.bsky.social · last yr.I used to work for Wells Fargo. Yes it sucked. But one take away I tell everyone is to thank the caller, hang up, and immediately call your bank. If anyone calls from a bank do this. It is the only way to be sure. And don't call the number that called you. Call your official bank customer service.
On my way to RSA Conference, looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Expecting a busy schedule and good conversations on security and AI, cloud/appsec synergy, security purchasing trends, and more. Apologies in advance for my bad face-name mapping skills…
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