When Machines Stop Assisting and Start Competing

I got a feeling most people are still underestimating this shift.

We keep talking about AI like it is just better software. Faster research. Smarter automation. Cleaner outputs.

What actually matters is when these systems start making decisions inside real markets.

If an agent can scan deals, price risk, deploy capital, adjust strategy, and keep running without someone babysitting it, that is not a tool anymore. That is a participant.

At that point the question changes. It is no longer how smart the model is. It is who owns the system, who really benefits from it, and what happens when thousands of them are operating at once.

I am interested in that layer. Not hype. Not screenshots. The moment machines start competing in markets alongside us.

Where do you think that shows up first.