It's unsurprising that the kinds of threats that are most common nowadays are the ones that get around automated security, which is essentially what AV software

It's unsurprising that the kinds of threats that are most common nowadays are the ones that get around automated security, which is essentially what AV software is. That doesn't mean that automated security has no future. It just means that, barring some sort of strong AI, automated security needs to hand-in-hand with manual security efforts.