[possiblelion]

I understand how that might seem the case, however the reality is quite the opposite. Intelligence work in general is mostly not about finding out some coke-recipe tier secrets, but rather verifying and giving confidence levels to things we already know.

n world of technology, where the problem is no longer the lack of information, but rather the abundance of it, such work is more important than ever.

[saalweachter]

Curation is valuable in all option-rich environments, be it libraries, hardware stores or intelligence gathering.

[lawrenceyan]

Ok, having analysts definitely still makes sense to me. It should be a few years before AI can do what we can as humans, or at the very least, people will still be able to meaningfully make an impact for a while.

I guess what I mean is the whole dead drop, casing the scene out, James Bond era of spying.