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DrScientist 19 hours ago

Are you ready for a single app ( AI agent ) to have access and permissions on everything then?

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aurareturn 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes. I've been waiting for that day since ChatGPT first came out.

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DrScientist 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So let's take an example.

'Agent - file my tax return'.

In order to do that it's going to require you to have set up access to allow your bank accounts, shares holdings etc. etc.

Would you want to set that up to allow per task or simply always be in the background so if somebody hijacked your agent it could drain your funds?

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datsci_est_2015 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yikes. That puts your original opinion into context quite a bit.

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aurareturn 19 hours ago | parent [-]

I probably represent the general public more than the elite 0.001% that is Hacker News posters.

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datsci_est_2015 18 hours ago | parent [-]

You really think the American public, of whom only 10% are more "excited" than "concerned" about AI[1], are enthusiastic about giving it their financial information?

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findi...

	▲	satvikpendem 18 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Muse is one of the fastest growing consumer apps. ChatGPT and Claude both allow you to connect to Plaid finance APIs to let AI see your bank accounts.
	▲	aurareturn 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yes. I do. Won't be in 2026. Maybe 2027 or 2028.
	▲	lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The concern with AI has more to do with who is running the AI, how smart/capable it is, and what it's allowed to do. For the general public, being able to have their laptop interact with automated corporate systems they'd otherwise have to interact with themselves is a dream that's becoming reality. Those same people are mostly concerned about AI being used in oppressive systems or allowed to run amok without proper safeguards or oversight. Put more pithily: there is reason to be both excited and concerned.