Claude Can Never Be Held Accountable, But You Can. (opens in new tab)

IBM said it clearly in 1979: a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision. In 2026, we give those computers production credentials, customer data, and the ability to execute at machine speed,without solving the accountability problem first. This is about what that means architecturally. Chatbots are wrong and humans decide what to do about it. Agents are wrong and then act on it. Behavior-level guardrails don’t survive contact with infer...