The Mismatch: Humans vs. Agents
I'm obsessed with "Table 1" in the study: Human vs Agent Infrastructure. It lays it bare. We are trying to force square pegs (Agents) into round holes (Auth/OAuth).
Quiet hook: OAuth assumes you are a human who sleeps. Agents don't sleep.
Actionable insights: Understand that "Session-based" auth doesn't work for "Continuous operations." Kite’s persistent, constrained identity is the fix.
Mini-story time:
My login token expired while I was sleeping, and my bot missed a trade. That’s a human constraint applied to a machine. Kite’s "Delegated Authority" means the agent keeps working while I sleep, but within the fence I built.
Conceptual model:
Current tech is like having to re-badge into your office building every 15 minutes. Kite is a keycard that works 24/7 but only opens the doors you’re allowed in.
Rethinking moment:
We blame the AI for "hallucinating" or failing, but often it’s just the authentication layer timing out. We've been blaming the driver when the car is out of gas.
Strategist reflections:
Infrastructure that respects the nature of the user (machine vs human) wins.
