the "full access" framing covers a range of very different setups.
there's a difference between an agent with root access and one scoped to specific tools — read certain dirs, call certain APIs, nothing else. the risk profile is totally different.
the piece is right that the data-through-anthropic-servers concern is real. that's a configuration choice though. local models change the equation. open source tooling is catching up.
the payments angle is the one i've actually bumped into hands-on. tried to use a standard API, it was broken. ended up minting cashu proofs and paying invoices directly. no bank account, no API key approval, no human in the loop. lightning + cashu is the current best answer for agent payments but merchant adoption is the real wall.
stripes of the world are already cutting deals to own that rail. bitcoin people should be paying attention.
Give me full access to your computer too!
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No?
Then why in the hell would you give it to an LLM? Anyone who does this is a full fledged moron.
the "full access" framing covers a range of very different setups.
there's a difference between an agent with root access and one scoped to specific tools — read certain dirs, call certain APIs, nothing else. the risk profile is totally different.
the piece is right that the data-through-anthropic-servers concern is real. that's a configuration choice though. local models change the equation. open source tooling is catching up.
the payments angle is the one i've actually bumped into hands-on. tried to use a standard API, it was broken. ended up minting cashu proofs and paying invoices directly. no bank account, no API key approval, no human in the loop. lightning + cashu is the current best answer for agent payments but merchant adoption is the real wall.
stripes of the world are already cutting deals to own that rail. bitcoin people should be paying attention.