Glossary
OTP
Two modes an AI agent can operate in. Autonomous agents act without approval inside their authority boundary. Semi-autonomous agents recommend and wait for a human to confirm. Most real-world agents are semi-autonomous for high-stakes actions and autonomous for low-stakes ones.
Mismatched mode is the most common cause of agent disasters. Autonomous on a high-stakes action means runaway damage. Semi-autonomous on a low-stakes action means the human becomes the bottleneck.
OTP encodes coordination intelligence so teams of humans and AI agents can run on it.
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