1) Robots like Annie the taxi could operate autonomously as "agents" using blockchain technology and Bitcoin to own bank accounts and set their own prices. 2) An open marketplace called TradeNet could connect human and robot agents to find work and make trades in a way that prevents monopolies and political abuse. 3) Early robot agents were fragile but evolved and improved their abilities to survive threats through upgrades bought from trusted humans.

1. T H E F U T U R E O F B U S I N E S S
H E A R N @ V I N U M E R I S . C O M

2. N O TA B E N E
Nothing in this talk requires any scientific breakthrough
Advanced AI is not assumed

5. R O B O T TA X I S
• Cheap/free labour makes new things possible
• Speculative customer acquisition
• Global route optimisation
• and more

7. R O B O T TA X I S … T H E D A R K S I D E
• Who owns the technology? Who controls the taxis? How
are prices set? Tech easily monopolised.
• Political abuse followed immediately

8. a solution was found …
CAPITALISM 2.0

9. ? ? ?
• Annie’s taxi has no owner
• Finds and trade with humans as equals
on the TradeNet
• Hires humans for repairs or upgrades.
Resist hacking attempts.
• Sets own prices. Can make profits and
losses.
• Annie’s world calls these sorts of
programs: agents
*idea credit to Gregory Maxwell

10. ? ? ?
• Agents only became possible due to
Bitcoin and the block chain
• Banks cannot offer bank accounts to
robots.
Anti-money laundering laws require
accounts to be owned by humans.

11. A G E N T S O W E A D E B T T O B I T C O I N I N A N O T H E R WAY …

12. T R A D E N E T
• Infrastructure, not product! Provides:
• Reverse eBay: publish requests and collect bids
• Unifies human/machine naming
• Quality control
• Standardised digital contracts and business protocols e.g. taxis, shipping
ports, 3D printer fabs, drone deliveries
• Remote attestation is fundamental

13. D A R W I N AT W O R K
• First agents were fragile
• Easily killed by human scammers /
hackers
• Robots have no legal rights until 2048
• Agents survived by buying upgrades
from trusted humans; got smarter
and harder to steal from

14. Annie loves agents!
You can trust them completely
Reading their code is like reading
their mind
Everyone in 2065 can read/write
code as it is taught in schools

15. O P E N S O U R C E C O R P O R AT I O N S
• SendMate: first open source company, built in 2030
• Employed humans but no CEO: management entirely automated
• Source code fully published. Anyone can modify business methods,
procedures or products.

16. V R C I N E M A !
A N N I E ’ S B I G D A Y O U T

17. Thanks for listening!