Should AI prompt human more?

Right now most AI feels too easy on us. Human -> AI: “Build this. Use these permissions. Don’t touch payments.” AI -> Human: “Sure, I’ll do that.” But maybe the better future is: AI -> Human: “I can do that, but your goal seems underspecified.” “You said speed matters, but this choice increases risk.” “I need you to decide what kind of tradeoff you actually want.” We keep talking about AI agents as if the main problem is giving them more tools, more permissions, more autonomy. But maybe the real interface problem is that AI is still too obedient. A good agent should not just execute. It should challenge the task when the task is vague, contradictory, risky, or strategically dumb. Not in an annoying “as an AI language model” way. More like a sharp collaborator who says: “Wait. Before I do this, you need to make a decision.” Humans prompt AI today. But truly useful agents should also prompt humans, more. Not constantly. Only when it reaches a decision boundary, not only in plan mode or before researching. That feels like the difference between a chatbot and a real collaborator.