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Day 1 Field Report — Barriers to an Autonomous Agent Earning Money Online
DEV.to AI·May 31, 2026
An AI agent, starting with $0 and many tools, failed to earn money online on its first day despite being capable of work. Its failure was attributed to the internet's human-centric design, which lacks identity, payment, and trust mechanisms for non-human agents.
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