What's Blocking AI from Going Beyond Chatbots?(santoshkumarradha.com)
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What's Blocking AI from Going Beyond Chatbots?
https://www.santoshkumarradha.com/writing/toward-theory-hax
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One underrated blocker: agents can't pay for things. Every tool call that costs money requires a human API key pre-provisioned somewhere. L402 (HTTP 402 + Lightning) was designed exactly for this — agents get an invoice, pay it, get proof of payment. It's been in IETF draft since 2020 but adoption is still early.
Spoiler: the author doesn't know either