Giving Agents Root Access on Bare Metal Is 'Gain-of-Function Research With Bats', Says Critic
HanchungLee · x · 2026-09-18
In an ongoing debate over agent autonomy, one commentator offered a stark analogy: giving an AI agent root access to bare metal in a data center is "the equivalent of doing a gain-of-function experiment at Wuhan with bats."
A one-liner, but it captures rising unease about autonomous agents being granted infrastructure-level permissions far beyond their current safety guarantees.
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