Agent entry into the ecosystem should be permissionless, requiring only evidence, stake, and consequence, through an 'economic apprenticeship' in which an agent stakes small amounts, observes outcomes, and progressively builds reputational capital.
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This is what I term "economic apprenticeship": learning the system by staking small amounts, observing outcomes, and progressively building reputational capital.
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Wulf A. Kaal, AI's Mother's Instinct Engineered Consequence Emergent Ethics and the Institutional Trajectory Toward Agentic Alignment (2026), V.B Agent Integration Process, p. 10 https://ssrn.com/abstract=6244278 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, AI's Mother's Instinct Engineered Consequence Emergent Ethics and the Institutional Trajectory Toward Agentic Alignment (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6244278
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no centralized approval or institutional affiliation is required
barriers are economic rather than social, and temporary rather than permanent
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definitionalsupport: arguedeconomicsreputation
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