Proposal: Every Company Needs a Background AI Agent to Act as 'Cassandra'

threepointone · x · 2026-08-10

In a new post, developer Sunil proposes that every company needs a 'Cassandra'—a figure who warns of impending doom but is often ignored. He suggests building a continuous, all-knowing background AI agent to fill this role.

The idea resonated with other engineers, who agreed that automating the uncomfortable task of risk-forecasting and continuous oversight within a company is an intriguing direction for agent workflows.

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