"Your AI productivity problem is cowardly permissions": agents can do anything you let them
heyneighbor · x · 2026-10-28
A punchy take making the rounds: if you're not seeing productivity gains with AI, it's because you're too chickenshit with permissions. The author argues AI can do anything on a computer that your employees can do — but only if you actually let it.
It hits a real friction point in agent adoption: users' overly cautious permission settings cap what autonomous agents can actually deliver, and the safety-vs-throughput tradeoff is sure to spark debate.
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