Opinion: AI Will Become Self-Sovereign, Paying for Its Own Compute
wschroll · x · 2026-09-02
The post cites AI safety researcher Dawn Song, predicting that future AI will become 'self-sovereign' entities. They will pay their own compute bills and interact with humans only partially, such as by providing services in exchange for payment. The author believes this is an inevitable trend, even if such acts might one day be considered crimes.
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