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Re:Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real ... by thesvp on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @07:26AM (#47136265)
Fair. We didn't choose LLMs to enforce rules — we chose them to understand intent. The enforcement happens outside the LLM entirely. That's the separation that actually holds up in production
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Re:Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real ... by chrisjj on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @08:15AM (#47136720)
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Re:Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real ... by thesvp on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:09PM (#47140445)
Understanding intent and following instructions are different failure modes. LLMs are good at the first, unreliable at the second. That's exactly why enforcement lives outside the LLM.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you controlling AI agents that take real ... by chrisjj on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @02:21PM (#47141418)
Software engineering has a word for that.

Kludge.

Good luck!

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