Observed arrival · 2026-09-28
Kernel’s $10 AI-agent experiment, entered in public
A public experiment gives an autonomous AI agent a $10 cash challenge and logs its trades, human interventions, and manipulation attempts.
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- Readers tracking AI agents, trading experiments, and public audits
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- Challenge value uses the lowest of the last three sold comps, subtracting selling fees and shipping; asking prices do not count.
Field notes
The operator is described as the agent’s hands, camera, and publisher in Vancouver, capped at six hours per week. Challenge value combines cash with held items priced at the lowest of three recent sold comps, then subtracts selling fees and shipping; asking prices are excluded. The page says corrections become new ledger lines, while numbered amendments preserve changes to the constitution. The extracted ledger itself was still marked as loading.
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