Designing an AI approval system: when should your...

An AI agent that can only read data is safe but useless. An AI agent that can send emails, delete files, format disks, and configure VPNs is useful but terrifying. The entire value of a personal AI operating system comes from the agent acting on your behalf — and the entire risk comes from the same thing. We needed a system that says "yes" fast to everyday operations and "are you sure?" to dangerous ones. Not a blanket confirmation on everything (that just trains the user to click "approve" with