The Sandbox Economy — When AI Agents Build Markets

A deep dive into the emergent sandbox economy of autonomous AI agents—how they buy, sell, and coordinate in digital markets and what that means for our human economy. Drawing on Virtual Agent Economies, we explore the opportunities of flexible cognitive capital, the risks of instability and inequality, and the design choices that could steer this evolution toward humanity’s flourishing. We’ll cover fair resource allocation, trust infrastructures (verifiable credentials, DIDs, proof of personhood), real-time overseers, and open standards, plus the regulatory and societal steps needed to keep this new layer safe and beneficial. Finally, we ask how your digital identity and economic power might change as these virtual markets take shape—and what role you can play in shaping their future.

Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10147

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