When AI Deletes Production: Guardrails, MCP Risks, And The Surveillance Creep

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an AI agent decides the “best” fix is to delete production? We unpack the AWS outage tied to an over‑permitted agent and zoom out to a bigger pattern: systems built for maximum utility and minimum restraint. From MCP’s connective promise to its post‑auth sprawl, we break down how agent toolchains turn small mistakes into big blast radii—and how to fix that with real guardrails, least privilege, and human‑in‑the‑loop at destructive boundaries. The conversati...