I stopped treating agent autonomy as a single switch
Summary
The author argues for treating AI agent autonomy as multiple levels of permissions rather than a single switch, highlighting different actions like reading files and making decisions to avoid over-permissioning, and seeks input on how others decide autonomous actions.
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