Truly Autonomous AI Agents. Part 1: Unlocking the Future of Decentralized Intelligence Through Blockchain

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Blockchain is a native substrate for AI agents right now. What we considered a theoretical possibility just a few months ago is now rapidly becoming a reality.

Onchain agents represent the future of decentralized economy in general and cryptocurrencies in particular.

I want to deeply explore this topic in the near future, examining step by step what’s happening and how to leverage it for financial benefit.

Let’s start with truly autonomous AI agents.

These are artificial intelligence systems that operate completely independently, have exclusive ownership of their digital accounts and resources, and can technically prove that neither their creators nor anyone else can interfere with their operations or take control over them.

The fundamental challenge of such an agent is proving that the AI system is genuinely autonomous, with no human pulling the strings behind the scenes.

True autonomy requires three key requirements: exclusive control, verifiable independence, and irrevocable delegation.

Exclusive control means that access rights to the account, blockchain wallet, code, email, and all resources necessary for the agent’s full functionality belong to the AI agent itself, no one else, and this can be proven.

Verifiable independence means that all processes, transactions, and assets within are fully transparent to any observer, and anyone can verify at any time that no one is interfering with the agent’s operations. In simpler terms, there must be a way to prove that the AI operates independently, without a “puppeteer.”

Irrevocable delegation is like sending a letter?—?once you’ve dropped it in the mailbox, you can’t take it back. When control is transferred to the AI, even its creators cannot reclaim it.

Effectively, the AI has reached maturity?—?it has its own passport and bank account (exclusive control), everyone can see it making its own decisions (verifiable independence), and its creators can no longer regain custody over it (irrevocable delegation).

For an entity to be defined as a truly autonomous AI agent, all three of these requirements must be demonstrably met.

In the next part, we’ll examine impressive examples of autonomous agents that already exist alongside us and operate in their own interests. ?

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Chief AI Officer