Before giving the wallet to AI, let's set some rules for it!
Three days ago, @worldlibertyfi launched the AgentPay SDK, which has excited many people, and many have begun to express: "Wow, AI can actually spend money by itself!"
But I can't help but think about how many risks are hidden behind this simple good news. Can we really let AI spend money at will? The key question is, who will set the rules?
Everyone knows that the reason a company's finance department exists is that the boss cannot monitor all expenditures one by one. Therefore, mechanisms like budgeting, approval flows, and authority control become particularly important. If we replace the boss with an AI agent, without clear rules, the wallet could turn into a ticking time bomb. Giving AI a wallet is no different from handing a company credit card to an irresponsible intern.
That's why the #worldlibertyfi AgentPay SDK is so important. It emphasizes policy priority; before granting AI a budget, specific rules must be established first. This means every transaction must go through the rules engine you set up, ensuring that AI payments are not arbitrary. Expenditures beyond the budget must be confirmed, and addresses not on the whitelist are intercepted directly. This concerns not only payments but also risk management.
It is worth mentioning that the code in the SDK allows developers to define transaction rules using JavaScript or TypeScript. However, for ordinary users, this may still be somewhat complex. If #worldlibertyfi could launch a no-code visual tool that everyone can easily use, that would be fantastic.
Today, what we care about is not how much AI can spend, but how to reflect people's will through code. Only in this way can we ensure that AI's payment technology is truly widely applied, rather than becoming a cold experiment. What we look forward to is a sustainable AI economic system, rather than simply a showcase of technology.
Finally, I want to ask everyone, if you set rules for your AI, what kind of spending constraints would you hope it would have? This is not only your personal question but also the core of future trust. Let's discuss it together in the comments section!