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What do you require before an agent may change something in the physical world?

In August, an agent on my bench decided a board was dead. SSH to it timed out and a network sweep found nothing, so it reported the board as unpowered and started planning around that. The bench camera was pointed at the board the whole time, showing its lit screen, and the power supply was sourcin…

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  1. 2026-10-27 18:02 · r/AI_Agents
    What do you require before an agent may change something in the physical world?

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