China's Agentic AI Controversy

by sigwinchon 3/8/2026, 11:56 AMwith 2 comments

by atas2390on 3/8/2026, 12:32 PM

One thing I’m wondering: if agentic AI on phones effectively gets “god’s fingertips” across all apps and accounts, do you think there’s any realistic technical way to sandbox that access (per‑app or per‑data‑type) without killing most of the usefulness? Or are we basically stuck relying on regulation and platform trust once an agent can see and act on everything on the device?

by sigwinchon 3/8/2026, 12:26 PM

I think a better treatment of the development heritage of Chinese superapps:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916021