AI Doesn't Give Us Judgment

Is AI helping us make better decisions or just giving us more data to misinterpret?

In this episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt speaks with Tony Martin-Vegue, founder of NinetyFive Risk Advisory and author of From Heat Maps to Histograms, about cyber risk, decision-making, and the role of AI in risk analysis.

Tony explains why security teams often have more data than they realize, but still need the judgment to evaluate that data, understand its quality, and use it responsibly.

Highlights

1. Why AI can supercharge risk analysis without replacing human judgment
2. How LLM outputs should earn their way into a risk model
3. Why red/yellow/green heat maps limit executive risk conversations
4. How cyber risk quantification helps security leaders speak in business terms
5. What cybersecurity can learn from meteorology, epidemiology, actuarial science, and financial risk management