John Patten

When AI Agents Have Their Own Economy, Everything Changes

We’ve always thought of the economy as a human construct—something we build, regulate, and optimize. But what happens if this is no longer the case? Artificial intelligence has advanced at a rapid clip since the first consumer-facing LLMs achieved rapid widespread popularity. At this point, this technology isn’t just being used to generate content or field queries; it’s beginning to transact independently and determine its own workflows. In other words, today’s most sophisticated AI agents don’t...