Why "I approve" can become the most dangerous button in enterprise AI
At 2 a.m., an automated remediation agent detects a problem on the network, traces it to a misconfigured policy, validates through the harness that the proposed fix operates within the given policy boundaries and fixes it. The network stabilizes. Nobody’s notified.
In the morning, a human reviews the agent's daily insights: a summary of all the changes executed, with links to the logs, audit trails, reasoning and root cause behind them, confirms everything has been properly resolved and moves on. That is what Human-on-the-Loop looks like.
At another organization, at 4 a.m., a DIY-built, vibe-coded remediation agent detects a problem on the network, traces it to a misconfigured policy, and fixes it. The network stabilizes. Nobody’s notified. In the morning, a human reviews the logs, assumes the issue has been resolved, and moves on.
Where's the difference?
CTO EMEA and Head of AI Engineering, Extreme Networks.
The difference is that,...
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