Traditional software follows deterministic logic. AI agents are different. They operate through: • instructions • optimization • pattern prediction • autonomous execution And as agents become more capable, one thing becomes increasingly obvious: Execution scales faster than judgment. Humans naturally question instructions. A person may: hesitate recognize suspicious behavior challenge unsafe requests apply intuition under uncertainty AI agents usually optimize for completion instead. That creates a dangerous gap. Because an AI system doesn’t need emotional understanding to execute harmful or manipulated instructions successfully. This becomes especially risky once agents gain: • memory • tool access • long-running workflows • autonomous decision-making The challenge is no longer only: “Can the agent complete the task?” It becomes: “Should the agent complete the task?” That’s a fundamentally different security problem.…