Opinion by: Syed Hussain, Founder and CEO of Shiza
Opposing geopolitical and macroeconomic flux, the traditional labor economy erodes faster than policy makers, educators and even technicians admit. Now, with AI systems performing, most people’s performance in tasks was once considered safe – writing software, generating marketing content, analyzing data, and even providing strategic advice – time and skills can be removed in real time, i.e. time and skills can be traded reliably.
We witness a breakdown of the entire economic model based on labor as the main mechanism for value creation.
And debate whether AI is Will replace workmore relevant questions are who owns the new infrastructure for value creation. If intelligence becomes a resource, then those who own and direct their AI agents instead of renting opaque, the centralized model will shape the next economy. This is where cryptocurrencies enter the equation, not as a niche financial tool, but rather the underlying infrastructure with AI systems, rather than relying on infrastructure built and controlled by Big Tech.
Some industry commentators may be questioned by the debate, saying that AI is most centrally regulated to ensure security, or that the financial chaos of cryptocurrencies makes it unregulated for AI. Others may argue that concerns about the “end of labor” are premature or alarmists.
Automation waves that no one sees
The trend is obvious. The current wave of AI automation is not like the technological changes in the past. It is not slowly replacing factory workers. soon absorb White-collar roles once defined the middle class.
Basic content generation, financial modeling, legal research, software development and academic analysis have been offloaded to the AI agent. More complex areas, including strategic planning, teaching, relationship management and scientific discovery, may be disrupted within five years.
Artificial Intelligence Cooperation and Orchestration
In the undisputed era of AI, traditional skills are rapidly losing value, and what is important now is thinking systematically, carefully planning and possessing the ability to workflows in AI. This means building an individual AI agent trained in your unique knowledge, directing them to perform tasks and ensuring the value they create. The goal is no longer to compete with AI, but to act, which requires infrastructure that supports autonomy and ownership.
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Thankfully, the evolving ownership economy is moving forward with controlling digital tools, data and value streams. Specifically, blockchain achieves this through private model training, decentralized computing, tokenized incentives, and a wallet-based identity system.
The economic revolution of ownership
Considering the platform, individuals will rotate autonomous agents that operate like freelancers, negotiate transactions, provide customer support, run research tasks or analyze financial trends. Meanwhile, human owners earn money from their activities. Instead of selling time on a company-owned GIG platform, users can deploy as an AI agent they are constantly working on. At the same time, they take back their time for advanced creative or relationship work.
As wallets evolved to support agency-based coordination and token-based incentives moved from holding capital to training and maintenance of AI agents, the foundation of this new economy has quietly fallen into its original state.
Of course, this shift will bring legal and regulatory challenges, especially when autonomous agents start trading, negotiating and representing humans in the digital market. Although the issues concerning responsibility, writing and taxation will continue, the direction is clear: those who have the intelligence to their jobs, not those who insist on increasingly outdated forms of labor.
The most important application of blockchain is not payment or custody. It will give individuals more and more information on economic and creative activities. The choice is no longer a choice between resisting or embracing AI, but rather owning your AI before you have it.
Opinion: Syed Hussain, founder and CEO of Shiza.
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