Research in AI, human-robot interaction, autonomous vehicles, and machine learning at MIT.

The power of AI agents comes from:
1. intelligence of the underlying model
2. how much access you give it to all your data
3. how much freedom & power you give it to act on your behalf

I think for 2 & 3, security is the biggest problem. And very soon, if not already, security will become the bottleneck for effectiveness and usefulness of AI agents as a whole (1-3), since intelligence is still rapidly scaling and is no-longer an obvious bottleneck for many use-cases.

The more data & control you give to the AI agent: (A) the more it can help you AND (B) the more it can hurt you.

A lot of tech-savvy folks are in yolo mode right now and optimizing for the former (A - usefulness) over the the latter (B - pain of cyber attacks, leaked data, etc).

I think solving the AI agent security problem is the big blocker for broad adoption. And of course, this is a specific near-term instance of the broader AI safety problem.

All that said, this is a super exciting time to be alive for developers. I constantly have agent loops running on programming & non-programming tasks. I'm actively using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and very carefully experimenting with OpenClaw. The only down-side is lack of sleep, and an anxious feeling that everyone feels of always being behind of latest state-of-the-art. But other than that, I'm walking around with a big smile on my face, loving life 🔥❤️

PS: By the way, if your intuition about any of the above is different, please lay out your thoughts on it. And if there are cool projects/approaches I should check out, let me know. I'm in full explore/experiment mode.

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