On Delegated Authority

AI agents force us to confront the difference between understanding and authority. An agent might comprehend an entire situation while being authorized to act on only fragments of it. This creates a new design challenge: building systems that can reason across boundaries they cannot cross, and making authority limitations legible to both agents and users.

How do we design systems that can understand everything but only act within strict boundaries?

• 14 April 2026

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