Posts tagged: agents
5 posts
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Permission by Name, Not by Capability
Gating by tool name instead of capability guarantees a permission system that leaks the moment a new tool shares an old capability.
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Built for the Wrong Kind of Waking
Sub-second suspend and resume was sold as a fix for unpredictable web traffic. The workload it fits best is predictable, bounded, asleep on purpose.
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The Boundary Was the Hard Part
A guardrail isn't scaffolding removed after the fact. It's doing part of the model's job, and the score gap when it's gone measures how much.
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Presence Was the Protocol
Physical access used to force accountability into the open. Digital and agentic access kept the reach and dropped the checkpoint.
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The Patience Equilibrium
Every deliberative protocol has a hidden resolution mechanism: symmetric fatigue. An agent that never tires breaks it in ways the protocol can't address.