Things are getting interesting 🤨 🤖 AI Just Did Business All By Itself: A World First Imagine an advanced computer program that can teach itself how to use a completely new financial system and then actually move money. That’s exactly what just happened. Manus AI, a sophisticated, completely independent computer program (what we call an "AI agent"), made history by doing a complex financial transaction on its own. What Did the AI Do? 👨‍🏫 Learned on its Own: The AI, Manus, was not pre-programmed to know about the Convex network (a type of blockchain or digital ledger). It figured out how to use it just by reading public instructions and documentation, much like a person learning a new skill. 🔧 Figured Out the Tools: Using what we call the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it looked at what tools were available and reasoned out which ones it needed to use to interact with the Convex system. 👨‍💻 Wrote the Code: It automatically wrote the necessary computer instructions (Convex Lisp code) to move digital assets. 💰 Manus successfully sent 1 billion units of a digital currency (called CAD29) to another account on the live Convex network. This transaction is verified and permanent, just like a bank transfer, but on the public digital ledger ⚠️ Manus was a genuine economic actor. It was a buyer, seller, or participant just like a human, operating without any help or supervision. This is more than a simple test or a demonstration that a person secretly controlled. This is what we call "end-to-end autonomy" ⛔️ No Pre-Programming: No one set up the blockchain tools for Manus beforehand. It had to discover and integrate them from scratch. ⛔️No Human Approval: Once it started the task, no human stepped in to say "yes" or "no" to the transaction. The AI made all the decisions. ⛔️ No Central Gatekeeper: It didn't rely on a central company or service to move the money. It dealt directly with the decentralized network. Manus's achievement is unique because of this combination of complete freedom and the specific network it used: Older AI Systems were Supervised: Previous projects, like those from Olas or Fetchai, often have AI agents that can trade or make payments, but they are usually set up and funded by a human owner and operate within pre-defined, limited boundaries. They don't have to discover the whole system from scratch. Transactions were scripted. While some other early AI transactions were celebrated, they were often simple exchanges using basic, pre-written code in a controlled environment. This new event involved the AI composing and executing a more complex smart contract on its own initiative. Manus did this on the Convex network, which uses a special, secure method for handling transactions called a lattice-based architecture. This system offers strong mathematical guarantees of accuracy and trust. Manus didn't just move tokens; it demonstrated it could work within this highly secure and complex environment—a first for any AI agent. 🤖 The Future is Now: AI as an Economic Force This event proves one major thing: the plumbing for AIs to become active, independent participants in the global economy is already here. 🤖 AI-Managed Organizations (DAOs): Imagine a company or a fund run entirely by an AI, making decisions and managing money according to a set of rules, completely transparent and auditable. 🤖 Self-Optimizing Investments (DeFi): AI systems that constantly adjust investment strategies in real-time to find the best returns, all without human intervention. 🤖 AI-to-AI Economies: Computer programs paying other computer programs for services, creating entirely new markets. This is the signal for developers and investors: The Convex network is the platform where AI agents are becoming real, independent financial players. Ps: lattice computing has been my research focus for the past year and I had a “hand” in developing Manus. 🤚 pun intended. 👨‍⚕️