Once we no longer have to supervise our agents, it will be discontinuously freeing.

2026-05-18 · Bits and Bobs 5/18/26

Once we no longer have to supervise our agents, it will be discontinuously freeing.
- That would require a much higher quality bar.
- But more importantly, it would require a much better worst case scenario.
- A structural cage that makes it hard for the agents to harm us naively or maliciously.

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