Lately, I’ve been thinking about a question:
If AI Agents really do become more and more “autonomous,” what’s the difference between them and today’s AI assistants?
Today’s AI is more like a very clever consultant.
You ask it a question, and it gives you an answer;
you ask it to analyze something, and it helps you analyze it;
but when it comes to actually getting things done, you still have to do it yourself.
The future imagined by the Agent Economy may be different.
Future Agents won’t just “tell you how to do something”—they’ll be able to actually get things done within the scope of the permissions you grant them.
For example:
Find a service for you → compare prices → call on other Agents → complete a payment → get the results.
At that point, a very practical question comes up:
Who exactly is an AI Agent?
Without a reliable identity, how can it prove that it has permission?
If a payment is involved, how can it prove that the payment was authorized?
And if Agents start transacting with one another, how should they establish trust?
That’s why I’ve recently started paying attention to Kite.
As I understand it, what makes Kite worth paying attention to isn’t the concept of “AI + Crypto” itself, but its attempt to address the infrastructure needs that arise when Agents start participating in economic activity.
Identity, permissions, payments, and collaboration between Agents may not be as eye-catching as “AI can write poetry” or “AI can create images,” but they may be exactly what determines whether an Agent can move beyond being a chat tool and become an economic participant capable of carrying out tasks.
Of course, I don’t think this direction is without its problems.
On the contrary, I think the real question worth discussing is:
How much authority are we actually willing to give AI Agents?
I imagine many people would be happy to let one look up information for them.
Maybe they’d even let it book a hotel.
But if one day it can spend money autonomously, buy services, or even trade with other Agents—
would you give it access to your bank card?
I wouldn’t, at least not yet.
But I think it’s worth thinking about this question in advance.
Because the real Agent Economy may not be about “AI replacing humans,” but about:
Humans beginning to delegate some of their decision-making and execution in the real world to AI.
And that step is far more interesting than simply making AI smarter.$KITE
#KiteBBW
If AI Agents really do become more and more “autonomous,” what’s the difference between them and today’s AI assistants?
Today’s AI is more like a very clever consultant.
You ask it a question, and it gives you an answer;
you ask it to analyze something, and it helps you analyze it;
but when it comes to actually getting things done, you still have to do it yourself.
The future imagined by the Agent Economy may be different.
Future Agents won’t just “tell you how to do something”—they’ll be able to actually get things done within the scope of the permissions you grant them.
For example:
Find a service for you → compare prices → call on other Agents → complete a payment → get the results.
At that point, a very practical question comes up:
Who exactly is an AI Agent?
Without a reliable identity, how can it prove that it has permission?
If a payment is involved, how can it prove that the payment was authorized?
And if Agents start transacting with one another, how should they establish trust?
That’s why I’ve recently started paying attention to Kite.
As I understand it, what makes Kite worth paying attention to isn’t the concept of “AI + Crypto” itself, but its attempt to address the infrastructure needs that arise when Agents start participating in economic activity.
Identity, permissions, payments, and collaboration between Agents may not be as eye-catching as “AI can write poetry” or “AI can create images,” but they may be exactly what determines whether an Agent can move beyond being a chat tool and become an economic participant capable of carrying out tasks.
Of course, I don’t think this direction is without its problems.
On the contrary, I think the real question worth discussing is:
How much authority are we actually willing to give AI Agents?
I imagine many people would be happy to let one look up information for them.
Maybe they’d even let it book a hotel.
But if one day it can spend money autonomously, buy services, or even trade with other Agents—
would you give it access to your bank card?
I wouldn’t, at least not yet.
But I think it’s worth thinking about this question in advance.
Because the real Agent Economy may not be about “AI replacing humans,” but about:
Humans beginning to delegate some of their decision-making and execution in the real world to AI.
And that step is far more interesting than simply making AI smarter.$KITE
#KiteBBW