The agent boom is turning mistakes into “liability laundering,” where vendors blame prompts, users blame models, and no one can be meaningfully held to account. The fix is not another safety slogan. It is standardizing proof at the moment of action, so agents cannot become blameless proxies.
Without a red button to halt a runaway model, AI labs risk crossing dangerous boundaries. This feature proposes an abort doctrine, echoing mission rules and market circuit breakers, to define thresholds, assign independent authority and mandate learning. It calls for balancing innovation with safety
Power no longer flows through oil pipelines but through silicon. A few nations and models now shape the world’s future. Compute is the new oil, evaluation the new diplomacy, and cultural sovereignty the next frontier of global power.