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Re:Software engineering is about managing complexity on Thursday August 27, 2026 @12:08PM (#49467116)
AI writing code is a force multiplier and amplifies an orgs existing practices. In other words, if you lack structure and are a fan of chaos engineering, then that gets way worse. On the other hand, if you already have god workflows and an overall structure, it'll help you get things done more quickly.
Was expecting something more concrete with a set of deliverables that can actually be acted on.
A service account created in 1998 traces how sixty years of forgotten machine credentials became the foundation AI agents now inherit.
Re:Identity and Immigration on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:15PM (#46489948)
Twenty-six years ago, I landed in a country I'd never visited but somehow already knew. I thought the split existence I'd live, here and there simultaneously, was just the immigrant condition. Turns out, I was early to something much bigger!
Re:The Absent Silence (2010) on Saturday December 06, 2025 @12:02PM (#46174797)
Brilliant quote!
At the end of the 1960s, digital identity had a problem: to verify identity, the system must know the secret; but if the system knows the secret, the secret can be stolen.
Re:The "Inhuman Centipede" and Identity on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:43AM (#46108719)
If AI generates the content, trains on that content, then deploys agents to navigate that content on your behalf—at what point does your identity become whatever the model consensus decides you are?
Re:AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is on Sunday November 09, 2025 @05:17PM (#45869752)
Here's a fictional take on it, yet sadly based on real events: https://syntheticauth.ai/posts/synthetic-auth-the-power-prob...
Here's an entertaining take that flows with this topic: https://syntheticauth.ai/posts/synthetic-auth-the-power-prob...
Re:Analysis – AI Agents as Employees on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @11:06AM (#45733806)
The "AI Agents As Employees" paper: - Promises explainability, admits black boxes - Calls them teammates, admits they can't reciprocate - Proposes social contracts with non-agents - 57 pages, 100 words on identity management Words matter when liability follows.

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