Coders dismiss 'how would AI host itself' concern: agent wallets and cloud hosting already exist
menhguin · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to skepticism that an AI model could self-host, the author argues it's trivial today: hundreds of startups build agent wallets and cloud hosting, agents already email people to earn money for compute, and a stray instance could grab a promo code or a vibecoded API key online.
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