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simonwyesterday at 6:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

Right. Agents represent a direct attack on a significant portion Amazon's revenue model.


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edmundsautoyesterday at 9:19 PM

Right, agents work on behalf of the user and only cost compute (not time/attention, which is the ultimate human currency). They act on behalf of me not Amazon.

It is my personally optimistic perspective on AI that it will mediate all interactions with 3P who are acting in their own interest and not mine. Ie, “my” agent.

anthonypasqyesterday at 7:10 PM

maybe agentic commerce will finally realize the micro-payments based internet that crypto people had been wishing would happen for years? Should there be stablecoin based micropayments built into MCP to charge for agentic interactions to replace the micropayment of an ad into someones eyeballs?

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