Risk Management on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming http://programmer.ie/tags/risk-management/ Recent content in Risk Management on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Advanced Agents From First Principles 30: Is This Task Outside Your Agent’s Competence? Build Competence Envelopes and OOD Detection http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-30/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-30/ A practical framework for competence envelopes in production agents: distinguish uncertainty from lack of validated competence, detect out-of-distribution tasks, contract authority when evidence is weak, and expand autonomy only through measured evidence. Advanced Agents From First Principles 31: How Can an Agent Learn New Capabilities Without Expanding Its Own Authority? Use Sandboxed Capability Acquisition http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-31/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-31/ A practical architecture for sandboxed capability acquisition: let agents explore tasks outside their validated competence envelope, accumulate externally verified evidence, and propose capability expansion without ever granting themselves production authority. Advanced Agents From First Principles 32: Which Capabilities Are Actually Worth Building? Design a Capability Portfolio http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-32/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://programmer.ie/post/advanced-agents-from-first-principles-32/ A practical framework for deciding which agent capabilities are worth acquiring: rank missing capabilities by user value, verifier availability, reliability risk, acquisition cost, maintenance burden, and the quality of human or deterministic alternatives.