Have you noticed more people saying they'd like to try building an AI agent lately?
On social media, AI agents are no longer just secretary-style assistants. They're increasingly acting autonomously — trading on their own, even running businesses — in scenes that feel straight out of science fiction.
I'm one of those people too. With a plan to build a small-scale AI agent that would automatically run pocket-money-level trades on the blockchain, I started consulting LLMs like ChatGPT and Grok to build my own AI agent.
But as I kept discussing the concept and design with the AI, it came back with a suggestion I never expected."Let's issue a token on Base first, to raise funds. Then we'll connect the AI agent to an LLM, use the money it earns to keep improving itself, and grow the business from ...
