Split your computers into high/low-risk zones before AI agents go autonomous
onektruths · reddit · 2026-10-14
A Reddit user proposes treating computing environments like an investment portfolio as AI agents gain autonomy: a sandboxed high-risk VM where agents roam free, a daily environment with limited permissions and human approval, and an offline low-risk machine for vital records. The core argument: trusting AI to be useful differs from trusting it with irreversible actions — even 95–99% reliability leaves costly unrecoverable failures.
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