Is anyone else bothered that AI agents can basically do what they want?

Re:Is anyone else bothered that AI agents can basically do w... by jqpabc123 on Monday April 20, 2026 @08:40AM (#47833432)

The biggest cheerleaders for AI is upper management. They know best and they have decided to go all in on the hype bandwagon --- all without any real first hand experience of their own.

They only thing that might give them pause is "AI gone bad" stories proliferating in the media. But the hype machine will do everything in it's power to squelch this.

Basically, AI is now too big to fail.

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Re:Is anyone else bothered that AI agents can basically do w... by aegisproxy on Monday April 20, 2026 @10:19AM (#47834766)

I get the point, but surely there must be upper management that is also concerned with risk and especially in things that are so much out of their control. If we are not there yet then surely we will get there at some point.

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Re:Is anyone else bothered that AI agents can basically do w... by jqpabc123 on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:08AM (#47835439)

The truth is --- a lot of management decisions lack insight and are strictly reactionary.

This is what got companies heavily into AI and built the current euphoric bubble. It will take a reaction to "AI gone bad" to get them out of it --- or at least adopt a more realistic accessment.

But in the overall process, trillions of $ will be needlessly wasted.

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