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Virtual Agent Economies by Nenad Tomasev & Matija Franklin & Joel Z. Leibo & Julian Jacobs & William A. Cunningham & Iason Gabriel & Simon Osindero is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The rapid adoption of autonomous AI agents is giving rise to a new economic layer where agents transactand coordinate at scales and speeds beyond direct human oversight. We propose the "sandbox economy"as a framework for analyzing this emergent system, characterizing it along two key dimensions: itsorigins (emergent vs. intentional) and its degree of separateness from the established human economy(permeable vs. impermeable). Our current trajectory points toward a spontaneous emergence of a vastarXiv:2509.10147v1 [cs.AI] 12 Sep 2025and highly permeable AI agent economy, presenting us with opportunities for an unprecedented degreeof coordination as well as significant challenges, including systemic economic risk and exacerbatedinequality. Here we discuss a number of possible design choices that may lead to safely steerable AIagent markets. In particular, we consider auction mechanisms for fair resource allocation and preferenceresolution, the design of AI "mission economies" to coordinate around achieving collective goals, andsocio-technical infrastructure needed to ensure trust, safety, and accountability. By doing this, we arguefor the proactive design of steerable agent markets to

Who reads Virtual Agent Economies?

Author

Nenad Tomasev & Matija Franklin & Joel Z. Leibo & Julian Jacobs & William A. Cunningham & Iason Gabriel & Simon Osindero

Published

2025

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Human Biology, Stem