The machine economy has arrived and bots have wallets

Autonomous delivery robots are no longer just couriers. They’re economic actors with their own wallets, negotiating, earning and spending in real time. Bots have evolved from tools into agents, economic participants in their own right.

Opinion by: Paige Xu, chief operating officer of OpenMind

We all love an Uber Eats moment. You tap your phone, and a burrito is en route. But what if, this time, no human driver is weaving through traffic to deliver it? Instead, a sidewalk robot hums along the pavement, guided by sensors and AI, or an autonomous car with a humanoid delivers it to your door, solving the last-mile problem.

The beauty of this experience lies in what you don’t see.

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