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The agent is not one blob: identity, memory, tools, and authority are different layers

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A lot of agent architectures accidentally bind together things that should be able to vary independently. The model becomes the agent. The conversation history becomes memory. Memory becomes identity. Tool access becomes capability. Capability quietly becomes permission. And old retrieved text some…

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  1. 2026-08-24 05:53 · r/AI_Agents
    The agent is not one blob: identity, memory, tools, and authority are different layers

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