I personally would love to give my personal agent pocket money ($20-$30) and see what it can surprise me with[5].
Circumstances vary, but the last thing I need is MOAR STUFF arriving at my home out of the blue.
Q: Wouldn’t this idea end up as an ad business once it matures?
Maturity might instead be businesses training their own AIs to advertise to the agents. The end game is people buying stuff and people selling stuff and nobody knowing why, but the AIs assure everyone they’re making the best deals.
The endgame you have described is a strong possibility. I guess you might try to fight that through increased transparency and ensuring alignment between agent behavior and user preferences. I do see the core issues still stand like the possibility of collusion, hidden incentives, and preference manipulation.
Circumstances vary, but the last thing I need is MOAR STUFF arriving at my home out of the blue.
Maturity might instead be businesses training their own AIs to advertise to the agents. The end game is people buying stuff and people selling stuff and nobody knowing why, but the AIs assure everyone they’re making the best deals.
The endgame you have described is a strong possibility. I guess you might try to fight that through increased transparency and ensuring alignment between agent behavior and user preferences. I do see the core issues still stand like the possibility of collusion, hidden incentives, and preference manipulation.