The Door in the Hallway: Agentic AI and the Illusion of Control We used to talk a lot about the concept of a customized, bounded news feed designed to give professionals exactly what they need to know, and nothing they don’t. It was usually called the “Daily Me.” Lately, I’ve been trying to build a practical, professional-grade version of this workflow using standard generative AI tools. I’m talking about a strict, repeatable protocol designed to handle serious legal or management research within an authorized set of parameters. My Daily Me is one working prototype. The current marketing push for “Agentic AI” promises that we can safely delegate goals, tools, and boundaries to these systems and let them execute on our behalf as agents. But when you
