Agent autonomy should be earned in stages, not assumed, argues dev
Few-Garlic2725 · reddit · 2026-11-07
A dev on Reddit argues AI agent autonomy should be earned progressively: suggest → draft → flag → act with approval → act alone in narrow cases. The key discovery question is where customers are comfortable moving from suggestion to action — and that safer intermediate step may be the first paid capability, rather than shipping the fully autonomous workflow.
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