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Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake | When AI systems can control multiple sources simultaneously, the potential for harm explodes. We need to keep humans in the loop.


When AI systems can control multiple sources simultaneously, the potential for harm explodes. We need to keep humans in the loop.

Unlike chatbots, these groundbreaking new systems operate outside of a chat window, navigating multiple applications to execute complex tasks, like scheduling meetings or shopping online, in response to simple user commands. The highest level, fully autonomous agents, can write and execute new code without human constraints or oversight—they can take action (moving around files, changing records, communicating in email, etc.) This approach stands in stark contrast to the prevailing trend toward increasingly complex, opaque AI systems that obscure their decision-making processes behind layers of proprietary technology, making it impossible to guarantee safety.

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