Comment by TeMPOraL
2 days ago
> Does the AI system perform actions under its own identity? If it does, it’s an agent, and the audit logs will name the agent itself. And if it doesn’t – like most copilots or in-product assistants – it’s not.
God please no, let's not normalize this idea.
1. That's not really a good definition of an agent;
2. The only agents I care about are agents acting under my identity, for me, in my interest. You know, like browsers were supposed to - that's where the name for "User-Agent" header comes from. But in short - whether I'm accessing your service directly or using an agent (AI or otherwise) to do it for me, is none of your business. Letting service providers differentiate based on that was a cardinal mistake of the early Web.
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