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Mar 17, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Automaton: The First AI That Must Earn Its Own Survival

Automaton, an open‑source AI agent platform from Conway Research, implements a ReAct loop that lets agents earn cryptocurrency to pay for compute, manage Linux sandboxes, register domains, and self‑replicate, while operating under three immutable constitutional rules that enforce non‑harm, value creation, and transparency.