Authenticated Delegation Between Autonomous AI Agents
SGAEIA Research Series — Article 4 of 8 Aridio Silva · Independent Researcher, Brazil · ORCID Delegating a task is not the same as delegating authority. When one autonomous AI agent asks another agent to perform consequential work, the important question is not only who sent the message? It is also: under whose authority is the action being requested, within which scope, for how long, with which…
This article from the SGAEIA Research Series addresses the critical distinction between delegating tasks and delegating authority in autonomous AI agent systems. While task delegation focuses on the who and what aspects, authority delegation encompasses the under whose authority, scope, constraints, and evidence surrounding the requested action.
The author emphasizes that authenticating the communication does not automatically grant operational privilege. The article introduces a mental model to clarify this distinction and presents a pseudocode example to illustrate an implementation boundary, highlighting the importance of separate evidence following authority.
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