When should we let an autonomous AI agent do the work?
Where it pays off to deploy them is a question, and the answer is: not everywhere
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THE rails for a more autonomous, agentic version of e-commerce are built. Artificial intelligence agents can now purchase products and services on our behalf. Current adoption levels are low, but swiftly rising.
The fundamental question the current AI excitement overlooks is: When is it worth handing work to an AI agent rather than a person?
Consider a scenario involving several purchases. An AI agent that pays as it goes runs up three kinds of costs:
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