Reddit pitches "Personal Agent Network": an aligned AI agent negotiating for every person
Shift_Impossible · reddit · 2026-09-02
The poster proposes PAN (Personal Agent Network): a decentralized network where every person and organization has a personally aligned AI agent that negotiates and coordinates the allocation of time, talent, labor, capital, energy, goods and services on their behalf, while humans keep their goals, values and final say — "basically Pluribus, but with human agency."
Example: your agent realizes your skills are worth more at Company B; Company B's agent flags you as the best match; the agents negotiate terms and present the opportunity, and you decide whether to accept. The author argues this could continuously optimize global resource allocation without taking away human agency, solving a surprising share of the world's problems.
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