A 1979 IBM slide — "a computer must never make a management decision" — resonates in the agent era
ExcitingImage9211 · reddit · 2026-10-22
A Reddit user shared a 1979 IBM slide stating: "A computer can never be held accountable; therefore a computer must never make a management decision." Nearly 50 years later, the accountability principle is being recirculated as a pointed commentary on today's rush toward autonomous AI agents.
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