Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

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// What it actually means

A permission setting in some coding agents where a classifier approves actions it judges safe and only asks you about risky ones. It sits between approving everything by hand and YOLO mode.

// The diagnosis

A robot decides which of the robot's actions need your permission. You have been promoted from supervisor to someone who is occasionally consulted. Many people in offices will recognise the feeling.

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