The diagnostic moment
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Anthropic announced Project Glasswing — an AI model so effective at discovering software vulnerabilities that the company postponed public release. Mythos Preview found critical bugs across every major operating system and browser. Some vulnerabilities had survived 27 years of human audits. Fewer than 1% were patched. The most powerful diagnostic tool ever built was deployed against the world's critical infrastructure. The finding problem was solved. The fixing problem was not even approached. ...
Everything this week is a test that reveals the condition of the patient. The Easter ceasefire diagnoses the Russia-Ukraine war: both sides can stop at any time; they choose to stop only when a liturgical calendar commands it. The Islamabad collapse diagnoses the US-Iran conflict: the demands are not negotiating positions but identity claims, and identity does not negotiate. The Hungary election diagnoses illiberal democracy: can a system hollowed from within be rebuilt using the mechanisms tha ...