[AI Burst] Did Your Agent Just Sign a Contract?
The dangerous jump is from preparing a decision to making a commitment. Put the approval boundary outside the model.
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Give agents a clear job and a narrow authority boundary. Separate a recommendation from a commitment, then make ownership and approval visible.
Who is allowed to approve this action?
The dangerous jump is from preparing a decision to making a commitment. Put the approval boundary outside the model.
Moving from answers to actions changes the operating responsibility. Choose the smallest useful system, then define what it may do.
A useful agent must distinguish a legitimate request from instructions embedded in the material it reads. Obedience needs an authority boundary.
AI data can appear in source records, retrieval stores, histories, logs, and exports. A credible deletion process starts by mapping those copies and testing what remains.