Not every AI agent deserves the same level of governance
Ash Srivastava - August 28, 2026
Not every AI agent deserves the same level of governance.
That's one of the biggest mistakes I'm seeing in enterprise AI thinking.
Consider three agents:
Agent A: summarizes documents.
Agent B: recommends pricing changes.
Agent C: changes records in your ERP.
Should all three have the same controls?
Absolutely not.
The more autonomy and business impact an agent has, the stronger the controls should become.
Think:
Observe → Advise → Act with Approval → Act Autonomously
Governance should scale with risk and autonomy.
Too much governance kills productivity.
Too little governance creates unacceptable risk.
The answer isn't "lock everything down."
It's risk-proportional autonomy.
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