Risk & safety
Produce vs Act
Does an unattended AI act, or only produce and hand to a person?
Producemakes; a person decides
It makes something - a draft, a summary, a shortlist - and hands it to a person. Safe to leave running unattended.
Actdoes it itself
It does the thing - sends the email, books the slot, moves the money. Same tool, far higher stakes.
The care point
What to be wary of was never AI running while you're away - it's AI acting while you're away, on something you'd have wanted to check first. Keep unattended systems producing, and let people act.
When to use Deciding how far to let your AI hire go: let it draft for your sign-off before you trust it to act on its own. Keep unattended systems on the Produce side; let people act.
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