HTTP is too writable for AI; read-only would be safer
rickasaurus · x · 2026-07-27
The author argues that HTTP is now a read/write protocol, and that it would be much better for AI if it were read-only. The underlying point is that agentic systems would benefit from a safer, more constrained web interaction model instead of having to operate against a general-purpose protocol designed for humans and browsers.
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