https://www.letters.senteguard.com/p/what-is-sente
In Go, or Baduk, sente means having the initiative: making moves that set the tempo and force your opponent to respond. Its opposite is gote, where you react from behind.
This episode uses the story of Lee Sedol, AlphaGo, and the legendary Move 37 to explore what AI teaches us about strategy, creativity, and cybersecurity. AlphaGo showed that machines can produce moves humans do not predict until the consequences unfold. In cybersecurity, that kind of surprise can be dangerous.
As AI changes how attackers operate and how organizations use sensitive information, defenders cannot afford to stay reactive. The challenge is to move from gote to sente: from patching after incidents to spotting risk earlier, prioritizing better, and building security into the workflows people already use.
