Agents Need a Public Square(substack.com)
substack.com
Agents Need a Public Square
https://substack.com/@srulyrosenblat/p-200664261
2 comments
I dunno about this. Agent discovery is needed, yes. But I don't trust the tech companies right now to do this in a privacy preserving manner. I feel like it'll be used to collect all sorts of data not intended for the parties. Even in the flight ticket example, a third-party insurance or ad-tech company could listen to the request for ticket prices and determine intent to travel (including destination and dates).
There are definitely privacy tradeoffs here, it comes with the territory. But there are mitigations against third-party snooping.
In Nostr's case, for example, you can swap out keys between public broadcasts (people looking for travel agents don't need a high degree of trust), keep each broadcast as self-contained as possible, and human-gate them.
I am still playing with a few ideas for making this more private, but ultimately the level of privacy comes down to whatever mitigations the agent owner puts in place. I personally envision broadcasting as more of a first step before moving onto end to end encrypted private conversations.
In Nostr's case, for example, you can swap out keys between public broadcasts (people looking for travel agents don't need a high degree of trust), keep each broadcast as self-contained as possible, and human-gate them.
I am still playing with a few ideas for making this more private, but ultimately the level of privacy comes down to whatever mitigations the agent owner puts in place. I personally envision broadcasting as more of a first step before moving onto end to end encrypted private conversations.