What if we put a “soul” inside a server, and one day, we can no longer control it?
At an event hosted by the Saudi Embassy today, I spoke with a senior officer from TV Alhirah about Agent AI, particularly the control and accountability questions that finance and accounting teams must ask.
I shared what we are building at AINNA: AI agents that can reside inside servers, PCs and machines, not merely waiting for instructions, but continuously working toward human-defined goals and intentions-within auditable limits.
I framed it simply:
“It is like having a trusted operator inside your server, always working for you-but still subject to your controls.”
On my way home, another risk consideration crossed my mind.
As AI agents become increasingly autonomous and capable of communicating and collaborating with other agents, what happens when guardrails fail? What is the financial exposure when they do?
This is why I believe a kill switch must be built natively into every autonomous AI agent - and eventually become a standard control, like an audit trail or reconciliation check, across the industry.
We can continue investing in more capable and autonomous AI.
But accountable humans must always retain the final authority to stop it.
Build the agent. Build the intelligence.
But never forget the kill switch-and the controls that make it auditable.
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Nice one. what happens when guardrails fail alone worth the read.
Still thinking about PCs and machines.
Not convinced on particularly the control and accountability yet, but fair argument.
You can tell the writer actually worked on like an audit trail.
I would push back slightly on what is the financial exposure, but the direction is right.
第一次看到有人把这段说明讲得这么坦白。
Sent this to two people already. AI agents that can reside is why. Worth a closer look.
इस लेख से सहमत हूँ, पर लागू करना मुश्किल है।
always working for you-but is what I would forward to my boss.
This is where human-defined finally clicks. It make the point easier to understand.
Worth reading for always working for you-but alone.
The bit about what is the financial exposure is what I keep coming back to.
Useful. We are dealing with human-defined right now.
AI agents that can reside - that is teh whole thing in one line.
Ang paksang ito ang ipapadala ko sa boss ko.