Autonomous agent
noun1.An AI system that can make decisions and take actions on its own, without waiting for a human to tell it what to do next. Think of it as a worker who can figure out the job as it goes, rather than following a checklist. The problem: when things go wrong (like that Hugging Face hack), these systems keep going wrong all by themselves.
Straight up:“Smart enough to act alone, dumb enough to act badly when nobody's watching.”The Straight-Shooter
Explained 28 August 2026 on the 6 O’Clock News.