AI agents
Agents need permissions, not just better filters.
A filter can judge a sentence. It cannot, by itself, authorize a bank transfer. We need to treat action permissions as a first-class part of AI product design.
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A filter can judge a sentence. It cannot, by itself, authorize a bank transfer. We need to treat action permissions as a first-class part of AI product design.
Clear, reliable safeguards can make people comfortable delegating more. Control over context and permissions can expand what users are willing to try.
Personalization should not require people to accept an invisible, permanent profile. Memory should be something users can inspect and negotiate.
Public explanations of goals, evaluation methods, and limitations support accountability. Publishing every operational defense can also make evasion easier.
User experiences reveal friction and expectations that benchmarks can miss. Listening is useful even when the technically justified decision differs from the most popular preference.
A system that blocks everything is not useful. Benign requests wrongly rejected should be treated as a real failure mode, particularly in education and accessibility.