http://programmer.ie/tags/delegation/ Recent content in Delegation on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:20 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/applied-ai/20-chapter/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:20 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/applied-ai/20-chapter/ <p><em>Part 4 — Make It Safe and Verifiable</em></p> <h2 id="a-sensible-correction-refused">A sensible correction, refused</h2> <p><strong>Constructed scene.</strong> A reviewer finds an incorrect cache setting and proposes the right replacement. Its worker can edit files. The person who opened the review asked for inspection only.</p> <p>The correction&rsquo;s quality is beside the point. An accurate proposal grants no permission to apply it. The presence of an editing tool grants none either.</p> <p>Chapter 19 separated the actor&rsquo;s report from evidence about the effect. Now move back to the moment before that effect: the process is about to call a worker that can change something. Which part of the system decides whether it may?</p>