Developer Reflection: Highly Autonomous Agents Are Untrusted; Approval Should Sit Before Each Action
Deep_Ad1959 · reddit · 2026-07-23
A developer on Reddit shared their reflections on autonomous agents, arguing that as agents become more autonomous, they become too untrusted to manage real accounts like Gmail or CRMs.
Instead of full autonomy, the author advocates for an agent that pauses and asks for permission right before executing a specific action. While this sounds like a downgrade, it places the approval gate exactly where mistakes would happen, making the agent safe enough to run in a live environment. The core concern isn't the agent's capability, but the risk of unsupervised actions.
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