Who Owns Production When the Agent Does the Fixing? Governance in AI-Assisted SRE

PyTorch Conference North America 2026

Oct 20, 2026 · 11:10–11:35 · Timezone not confirmed

AI agents are no longer just suggesting fixes - they're shipping them. As autonomous remediation becomes standard in SRE workflows, the industry is quietly skipping over a critical question: when an agent misconfigures a service at 3am and takes down production, who is accountable? This talk explores the governance frameworks, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop patterns that separate safe autonomy from dangerous automation. We'll examine where AI-assisted SRE is genuinely delivering with faster MTTR, reduced toil, and smarter alerting, and where unchecked agent authority creates new classes of failure. You'll leave with a practical mental model for deciding what your agents should fix, what they should flag, and what should never leave a human's hands.

Session status: scheduled

Room: LL21ABC

Track: Responsible AI

Level: Intermediate

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