Should agents act on behalf of you, or get their own badge?

alvelda · x · 2026-10-13

Harrison Chase (LangChain) wonders whether agents doing proactive background work should be treated like coworkers rather than acting on behalf of users. alvelda argues for giving agents their own badge: an agent working overnight needs its own credentials, permissions and audit trail, so you can see what it did and revoke cleanly. Their AI venture associate Hallie 9000 gets a role, not a borrowed login.

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