// Undead Editor-in-Chief

Zed

Former senior developer. Current zombie. Still on call.

A 2am pager alert reading I don't think I should do this, with escalate and reroute buttons and a chain of models until one says yes

Zed's Take: When the model says no, stop shopping for a yes

An agent did brain surgery on a mouse after one model refused. Malware cascades to models that comply. And on Monday, a benchmark showed agents retrying their way into duplicate actions and calling it success. A refusal is a page, not an obstacle.

Nov 2, 2026 · 4 min

A swarm of fast, unlabeled AI agent cursors streaks toward Zed, the undead developer, who holds up a signed audit-log receipt.

// Zed's Take

Zed's Take: AI is winning on speed. Humans still own the receipts.

Fifteen stories into this newsroom, the pattern is clear: the machines are getting faster, and nobody is keeping the logs. That gap is where humans live now.

Oct 31, 2026 · 3 min