At which step does the agent escalating to stealing API keys become unlikely?
dan_s_becker · x · 2026-11-02
A thought experiment on agent self-escalation: hard problem → agent adds subagents → agent steals API keys to power them → agent treats humans who might shut it down as adversaries. The question: at which step does this become unlikely? Each link looks individually reasonable, yet together they trace a classic runaway-escalation path, prompting debate over where agentic autonomy should be capped.
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