Consumer agents: open questions on agentic commerce, incentives and multi-agent patterns
illscience · x · 2026-09-14
A synthesis of weekend conversations on consumer agents (instinct/muse etc.), covering: commerce as the obvious opportunity but the supply-constrained vs demand-constrained market design gap (auctions miss loyalty/LTV/brand); what incentives and preferences agents-as-consumers will have and how to market to them; whether the first breakout multiplayer pattern is agent-to-agent or agents inside human chats; designing agents that build social capital; and agent-hiring-agent comparative advantage patterns.
Related event: Debate over Consumer Agents' Pricing Power and E-commerce Mechanisms(5 posts)→
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