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Certified to Speak: When AI Agents Need a Shared Dictionary

The word “risk” is doing too much unpaid labor A policy agent says: “Flag high-risk cases.” An execution agent receives the instruction, nods politely in machine language, and flags what it considers high-risk. The dashboard looks normal. The audit trail says the instruction was followed. Everyone enjoys the comforting fiction that the system understood itself. ...

February 19, 2026 · 17 min · Zelina